THE RISE OF THE NIGERIAN RECORDING INDUSTRY AND THE TALENTS THAT PROPELLED IT (3)

By Tony Okoroji The soundtrack of the end of the Nigeria/Biafra war may be found in one song, “Happy Survival” by a previously little-known artiste, Ifeanyi Eddy Okwedy released by EMI. The people who for many months had lived under the sound of the gun, craved for the sound of music. In the territory that used to be known as Biafra, where most of the war had been fought, “Happy Survival” was played on East Central Broadcasting Service (ECBS), Enugu, all day long. Life suddenly was good for the recording…

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