Sonny Okosun Nigeria

Biography

Born in Enugu, South Eastern Nigeria on January 1, 1947,in 1964 he founded the Postmen, a British Invasion covers band. A year later Okosun visited London for the first time as part of a theatre group--in the wake of the early 1966 government coup d'etat that led to the Biafra conflict. In 1974 he formed his own psychedelic rock unit Paperback Limited, which he helmed until, Upon dissolving the group Okosun again reinvented his approach, this time channeling influences like soul