Bongo sikwe biography

Bongos Ikwue was born in Otukpo, Benue State in east-central Nigeria, of Idoma ethnicity on June 6, 1942. His father was a farmer and Bongos childhood was filled with the events of simple country living.

Enamored of all types of music at an early age he absorbed everything he heard: traditional music and folk tales of the Idoma people, a wide array of American styles including gospel, country, blues, jazz and R & B, Cuban and other Caribbean styles that he absorbed from the radio and his brother’s record collection, and of course myriad popular African styles.

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Seventy-seven-year-old veteran soulful musician, Bongos Ikwe, talks to JOHN CHARLES about music, life, his recent ailment and other issues.

Wishig Bongos Ikwue a happy birthday (born in Otukpo, Benue State in east-central Nigeria, of Idoma ethnicity on June 6, His father was a.

He began writing songs at an early age but his parents pushed him to pursue a respectable profession and sent him off to school. As he continued his songwriting efforts, he formed his first band, the Cubana Boys. While studying engineering at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, he formed another band, the UniBello Brothers, as well as a folk group; he even learned Irish songs from an expatriate lecturer.

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