Sonny Okosun (an haife shi ne a ranar 1 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1947 - ya mutu a ranar 24 Mayun shekara ta 2008 a Washington, DC ). Ya kasance mawaki daga jihar Edo, Najeriya kuma an fi saninsa da shugaban kungiyar Ozzidi. Ya sanya wa kungiyar sa suna Ozzidi bayan wani sanannen allahn kogin Ijaw, amma ga Okosun ma'anar " akwai sako ". Sunan mahaifinsa wani lokaci ana rubuta shi Okosuns kuma sunan farko Sunny . Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan mawaƙan Najeriya daga ƙarshen shekara ta 1970 zuwa tsakiyar shekara ta 1980s. Alamar Okosun ta pop pop African, Ozzidi, kira ce ta Afro-Beat, reggae da funk . Daga shekara ta 1977, ya zama sananne ga waƙoƙin zanga-zanga game da Pan-Africanism, 'yanci da wasu' yan sauran al'amuran zamantakewa da siyasa da suka shafi Afirka. Yayinda yake karamin yaro, Okosun ya kasance tare da kakarsa a Ibore, kusa da Irrua a jihar Edo, daga nan, ya koma Enugu ya zauna tare da iyayensa kuma inda mahaifinsa yake aiki tare da Kamfanin Jirgin Kasa na Najeriya.