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Story of How Music Legend “OLIVER DE COQUE's” Most Kept Secret led to his Death and Last words before his death...

Highlife music in Nigeria is as old as the country itself and we can recount that we have had many great musicians who are well-renowned for giving the genre its spark and fame. However, when the name Oliver de Coque is mentioned, everyone who knows the “Highlife King of Africa,” knows that he had an amazing way of blending modern music with traditional Igbo harmonies. It is still why he is revered as one of Africa’s most prolific recording artists. The skill and talent with which Oliver de Coque sang and performed his music was exceptional.

And in this video, we bring to you all you need to know about this legend, and how his most kept secret led to his death, including the last words he said before giving up the ghost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgR1Yee67Aw

AKWATGOLD1:
If you need traffic on your blogs. Please come up better story.

It’s obvious you didn’t watch it! Because you wouldn’t say this after watching that video.

RoiNews2:
Story of How Music Legend “OLIVER DE COQUE's” Most Kept Secret led to his Death and Last words before his death...

Highlife music in Nigeria is as old as the country itself and we can recount that we have had many great musicians who are well-renowned for giving the genre its spark and fame. However, when the name Oliver de Coque is mentioned, everyone who knows the “Highlife King of Africa,” knows that he had an amazing way of blending modern music with traditional Igbo harmonies. It is still why he is revered as one of Africa’s most prolific recording artists. The skill and talent with which Oliver de Coque sang and performed his music was exceptional.

And in this video, we bring to you all you need to know about this legend, and how his most kept secret led to his death, including the last words he said before giving up the ghost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgR1Yee67Aw

A great documentary video on Oliver de Coque.

Highlife music originally first came into Lagos Nigeria from the then Gold Coast (now Ghana back in the 1920s). Ghanaian highlife musicians such as E.T Mensah, Osibisa, etc, pioneered the modern highlife genre and iconic folks such as Sir Victor Olaiya, Rex Lawson, Orlando Julius-Ekemode, Fela Ransome-Kuti (who later became Fela Anikulapo-Kuti), Bala Miller, Oliver de Coque, etc, localized Nigerian highlife using Nigerian languages and Pidgin English.

Nice thread.

RoiNews2:
It’s obvious you didn’t watch it! Because you wouldn’t say this after watching that video.

why u sef no fit summarise here, it wil interest, drive motives to watch. i am also not watching ur short movies.. too busy tha that mohn!