9.22.2010

william onyeabor





[crashes in love (1977)]

[atomic bomb (1978)]

[tomorrow (1979)]

William Onyeabor studied cinematography in Russia for many years, returning to Nigeria in the mid-70s to start his own Wilfilms music label and to set up a music and film production studio. He recorded a number of hit songs in Nigeria during the 70s, the biggest of which was "Atomic Bomb" in 1978. William has now been crowned a High Chief in Enugu, where he lives today as a successful businessman working on government contracts and running his own flour mill.

- info from: Nigeria 70 "The Definitive Story of 1970'S Funky Lagos"

5 comments:

icastico said...

muchas gracias.

For you...
http://aboombong.bandcamp.com/album/amnemonic

nicholab said...

thanks for this killer post.

Feq'wah said...

Thanks a lot for posting Tomorrow!
I've linked you from my place.Feel free to visit for a collection of more (loose) tracks gathered from the web...

앤서니 said...

thank you everyone! i couldn't find "tomorrow" on any blogs, so i figured i'd share... i'm REALLY desiring a nice rip of "anything you sow" (anyone???)...

i'm still looking for more of his albums and i'll post them here when i do find them.

^_^

Anonymous said...

bless you!!