Oliver Sunday Akanite, better known by the stage name Oliver De Coque, was a Nigerian Igbo highlife musician, composer and guitarist and one of Africa's most prolific recording artists spanning over four decades of the highlife music scene.
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Oliver Sunday Akanite, better known by the stage name Oliver De Coque, was a Nigerian Igbo highlife musician, composer and guitarist and one of Africa's most prolific recording artists spanning over four decades of the highlife music scene. His extensive use of Igbo traditional rhythms and the fusion of Congolese guitar melodies made him a leader in the Nigerian highlife music genre.
Country
NigeriaCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1947 to 2008 · aged 61
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9 languages
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