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Onyeabor, William

LC control no.no2002059751
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Personal name headingOnyeabor, William
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Birth date1946-03-26
Death date2017-01-16
Place of birthEnugu (Nigeria)
Place of deathEnugu (Nigeria)
Field of activityFunk (Music) Electronic music
Profession or occupationFunk musicians
Found inNigeria 70 [SR] p2002: insert (William Onyeabor, Nigerian musician)
New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 23, 2017 (in obituary published Jan. 19: William Onyeabor; William Ezechukwu Onyeabor; b. Mar. 26, 1946, outside Enugu; d. Monday [Jan. 16, 2017], Enugu, aged 70; Nigerian musician whose self-made African electro-funk albums of the 1970s and '80s were major hits in his country and then a prized rediscovery for musicians and disc jockeys in the 2000s)
Associated languageeng