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Igbo highlife is a contemporary musical genre that combines highlife and Igbo traditional music. The genre is primarily guitar-based music, with a rare characteristic blend of horns and vocal rhythms. [1] [2] Igbo highlife lyrics are sung mostly in Igbo with occasional infusion of Pidgin English. [3]
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Christogonus Ezebuiro Obinna (1947 – 2 June 1999), alias Dr. Sir Warrior, also known as Ultimate Dr. Sir Warrior was a Nigerian Igbo highlife musician, guitarist and bandleader. A musical prodigy, he was one of the pioneers of highlife music in Nigeria and was the leader of the Oriental Brothers International Band which was famous in the ...
This is a list of notable Nigerian highlife musicians arranged in alphabetical order. There are several other genres of music in Nigeria these include Ikorodo , Igbo gospel , Owerri Bongo , Fuji music , Ekpili Jùjú music , Apala , Were music and Highlife .
After the Biafran war there was a hunger amongst the Igbo people to move on from the war. Ikwokirikwo came from this desire in the early 70s. Ikwokirikwo was much different from the somber sound of the Igbo highlife music which dominated the era before and presided during the war. The uptempo beat was one which needed the listener to get up and ...
The Igbo people have a melodic and symphonic musical style. Instruments include opi otherwise known as Oja [5] [6] a wind instrument similar to the flute, igba, and ichaka. [7] Another popular musical form among Igbo people is highlife, which is a fusion of jazz and traditional music and widely popular in West Africa.
Bright Chimezie (born 1 October 1960) [1] is a Nigerian musician known for his influential music style called Zigima Sound. Hailing from Abia State, Nigeria, Chimezie rose to fame in the early 1980s [2] with his unique blend of traditional Nigerian music, Igbo highlife, and chanted vocals.
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