Orlando Owoh (1932–2008) was one of Nigeria’s most distinctive highlife icons, famed for his raw, gravelly voice and socially conscious songs that spoke directly to the struggles and joys of everyday people. Born Stephen Oladipupo Olaore Owomoyela in Osogbo, he began his career in the 1950s with theatre troupes and early highlife bands before forming his own Omimah Band in 1960.
Owoh later led the African Kenneries International, where he pioneered the “Kennery” sound—a grassroots fusion of highlife
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Dr. Orlando Owoh
Orlando Owoh (1932–2008) was one of Nigeria’s most distinctive highlife icons, famed for his raw, gravelly voice and socially conscious songs that spoke directly to the struggles and joys of everyday people. Born Stephen Oladipupo Olaore Owomoyela in Osogbo, he began his career in the 1950s with theatre troupes and early highlife bands before forming his own Omimah Band in 1960.
Owoh later led the African Kenneries International, where he pioneered the “Kennery” sound—a grassroots fusion of highlife
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