![]() Orlando Owoh died on 4 November 2008 and was laid to rest at his Agege residence in Lagos, Nigeria. ![]() With bands such as the Omimah Band and later the Young Kenneries and the African Kenneries International, Owoh remained popular in Nigeria, even as tastes moved to the newer jùjú and fuji styles. Orlando Owoh and his Omimah Band in 1960, and over a musical career of forty years became one of the leading proponents of highlife music. His real name was Stephen Oladipupo Olaore Owomoyela.Īs a young man, Owoh initially entered into the carpentry trade until 1958, when he was hired by Nigeria’s Kola Ogunmola Theatre Group to play drums and sing. Orlando Owoh was a popular highlife musician and band leader. She breathed her last at her hometown, Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State, southwest Nigeria region. Orlando Owoh and His African Kenneries Beats International Dr. HOMETOWN Owo, Oyo State, Nigeria BORN 1942 Similar Artists See All Dr. POLITICS NIGERIA learnt that according to a family source, the deceased passed away on Thursday aged 112 years. Considered to be one of the best bands in Nigeria, Owoh and his band have racked up 40 LPs and gained international recognition. ![]() Christiana Owomoyela, mother of music legend, late Oladipupo Owomoyela, commonly called Dr Orlando Owoh, is dead.
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