Onyeka Onwenu remembered: Nigerian pop star, activist and voice of national unity
Austin Emielu, University of Ghana - The news of the death of Nigerian musician Onyeka Onwenu on 30 July 2024 hit me, as a musician and popular music scholar, like a thunderbolt. I have listened to and appreciated Onyeka’s music since I was in my 20s.
Onwenu was aged 72...
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