Prof. Sir Victor Uwaifo 1941-2021
Sir Victor Uwaifo died on 28th of August, 2021 after suffering complications from COVID 19.we commiserate with the family and pray that may God grant them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
Sir Uwaifo was a Nigerian musician, writer, sculptor, and musical instrument inventor, University lecturer, music legend, and the first Honorable Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism in Nigeria.
A very creative and Industrous mind he was. while playing his guitar, he was famous for the stunt of  rotating his guitar by 360 while it hanged on his neck.he was a great performer. He even designed and moulded a car from Fibre glass and drove it from Benin to abuja. He was the winner of the first (golden record) gold disc in Africa (joromi) and seven other gold discs in guitar boy, akasa, arabada etc
He was highly recognised worldwide and was conferred with a Member, order of the Niger award in 1981 by President Shehu shagari.

Operation Guitar Boy is the reason Victor Uwaifor's "Guitar Boy" is banned in Ghana since 1967.
Watch the documentary below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55JwtJt8s_g

It hasn't been unbanned till this day. Rip V Uwaifo

Yes, I was banned cos of a coup In Ghana that used the name