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Within Vinony's link graph, Sonny Okosun is referenced by 38 other articles, and connects out to Lagos State, Afrobeat and African popular music.
It sits within the topics 1947 births, 2008 deaths and 20th-century Nigerian musicians.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Nigeria
- Active from
- 1947-01-01
- Active to
- 2008-05-24
Discography
- African Soldiers
- Ozidizm1976
- Papa's Land1977
- Fire In Soweto1978
- 3rd World1980
- Liberation1984
- Which Way Nigeria?1984
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9,560
- Total plays
- 27,862
Tags
Born in Enugu, South Eastern Nigeria on January 1, 1947,in 1964 he founded the Postmen, a British Invasion covers band. A year later Okosun visited London for the first time as part of a theatre group--in the wake of the early 1966 government coup d'etat that led to the Biafra conflict. In 1974 he formed his own psychedelic rock unit Paperback Limited, which he helmed until, Upon dissolving the group Okosun again reinvented his approach, this time channeling influences like soul <a href="https:
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sonny
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Enugu
- Occupation
- musician
- Genre
- gospel music
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- date of death
- 2008-05-24
- date of birth
- 1947-01-01
- cause of death
- Colorectal cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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