Presented in partnership with Radio Afrodicia, join us for a night of West African highlife music with Okwy Osadebe, son of legendary highlife royalty, Osita Osadebe. The Nigerian-based Afro beat ...
Includes notes in Yoruba and English on cover. Contents Vol. 1. Osondi owendi / Stephen Osita Osadebe (11:05) -- Onye ori utaba / Mike Ejeagha (6:12) -- Igede / Celestine Ukwu (4:03) -- Usondu / ...
Nigerian Highlife singer and bandleader Okwy Osadebe, musical heir to his famed late father Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, will perform a Berkeley dance concert with his band Highlife Soundmakers ...
A few Nigerian music artists have left an indelible mark on the sands of time with their talents and timeless songs, which continue to serve as sources of inspiration for the younger generation today.
Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, a titan of the African popular music known as highlife whose 1984 “Osondi Owendi” was the biggest-selling record in the history of his native Nigeria, has died. He was 71.