William Onyeabor - Shame (rare)

William Onyeabor is a funk musician from Nigeria. His songs are often heavily rhythmic and synthesized, occasionally epic in scope, with lyrics decrying war sung by both Onyeabor himself and female backing vocalists. While relatively little is known about his private life, it is thought he studied cinematography in Russia for a number of years before starting his Wilfilms record label in Nigeria during the mid-1970s, from which all of his records have been released. In recent years a number of his songs have appeared on various compilations, most often his biggest hit "Better Change Your Mind", through labels such as Luaka Bop. His albums have long since gone out of print, prompting high prices from collectors on eBay.

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Music

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• william
• Onyeabor
• shame
• Nigeria
• Funk
• 1970s
• rare

[lordoid]

Ha...now that's a gem ^^

[naijanistan]

@mszeee MAKE SURE YOU SHARE THE PROFITS WITH MR BILL ONYEABOR.

[bolajiutube]

I doubt anyone could possibly appreciate what memories these Onyeabor songs well up inside me - NYSC Kaduna 78-79 (unless of course you're Nigerian post-college in the late 70s). Wow! Thanks for posting. And people wonder where Nigerians get their confidence from!

[MonkeyCrossing2]

@mszeee

Or check youtube

[mszeee]

Mrs Dylan 777 - I just bought the LP on ebay for 6bucks, it came today and It is fantastic , I gave it to my friend who is a DJ and I am getting it in mp3 soon so check ebay you may find a cheaper copy :)

[juniordust]

badness

[MrsDylan777]

I have got to find some of his stuff. I'm looking everywhere! Ebay has some old records but they are expensive!