Sonny Okosun: "Holy Wars" (Nigeria/1978)



In 1976, Okosun created Ozziddi band (Ozziddi means message) channeling influenses like afro-funk, soul and reggae. About this period, Okosun said: "I was trying to talk about what was happening to black people." This second album with Ozziddi was recorded in London in 1978.

En 1976, Okosun crée l'orchestre Ozziddi qui veut dire "message", mélangeant des influenses telles que l'afro funk, la soul et le reggae. A propos de cette période, Okosun dit: "J’essayais de parler de ce qui arrivait au peuple noir". Ce deuxième album avec Ozziddi a été enregistré en 1978 à Londres.

2 comments:

icastico said...

Thought you would be interested in this one...

http://afroslabs.blogspot.com/2009/06/lemad-janvier-les-volcans-du-benin.html

Henri said...

The link is dead.

Thanx for all de stuff!