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About Sonny Okosun
- Sonny Okosun (was born on 1 January 1947 – 24 May 2008 in Washington DC).
- He was a musician from Nigeria and was best known as the leader of the Ozzidi band.
- He named his band Ozzidi after a renowned Ijaw river god, but to Okosun the meaning was "there is a message".
- His surname is sometimes spelled Okosuns and his first name Sunny.
- He was one of the leading Nigerian musicians from the late 1970s to mid-1980s.Okosun's brand of African pop music, Ozzidi, is a synthesis of Afro-beat, reggae and funk music.
- From 1977, he became known for protest songs about Pan-Africanism, freedom and a few other social and political issues affecting Africans.
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