Sonny Okosun

**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 mawaƙi daga jihar Edo, Najeriya kuma an fi saninsa da shugaban ƙungiyar Ozzidi. Ya sanya wa ƙungiyar 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.

## Rayuwar farko
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 Ƙasa na Najeriya.  Okosun ya halarci makarantun horo daban-daban da suka fara da St Brigid's School, Asata, Enugu kafin ta yi rajista a cibiyar kasuwanci ta gwamnati a Enugu. Ya bar cibiyar horo kafin ya kammala karatunsa.  Kasancewa cikin nishadi da nishadantarwa, ya yi tattaki zuwa Legas domin ya kara sha'awar wasan kwaikwayo. A Legas, ya ɗauki darussan wasan kwaikwayo a makarantar wasan kwaikwayo a Surulere amma ya tafi bayan 'yan watanni ya dawo Enugu. A Enugu, Okosun ya sami dama a cikin kananan mukamai inda ya shiga cikin wasu 'yan wasan kwaikwayo; ya kuma yi aiki tare da sanannen malamin koyar da wasan kwaikwayo na Enugu, farfesa John Okwerri.  Kasancewarsa cikin ƙungiyar Okwerri da jajircewarsa na samun nasara a cikin nishadi ya sa aka sanya shi cikin wasu wasannin rediyo da TV tare da Gidan Talabijin na Gabashin Najeriya.

## Ayyuka

### 1960s: Shekarun farko
Okwerri memba ne na kungiyar Mbari, ƙungiyar da Ulli Beier ya fara, tare da JP Clark da Wole Soyinka sun kasance wurin haduwa ga masu zane da marubuta. A can ne Okosun ya fara haɓaka sha'awar waƙa.  Bayyanar da aka yi a gidan talabijin na yankin Gabas ya sami sanarwa daga Mariam Okagbue, wacce ta saya masa kida kuma ta ƙarfafa shi ya ci gaba da aikin waƙa. A cikin shekarar 1965, ya kasance mai shiga cikin rukunin wasan kwaikwayo wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta farko a wata gasa, wasan da kungiyar ta samu nasara ya zama fim mai ban mamaki na JP Clark's *Song of a Goat* and Okwerri's *Masquerades* .  A matsayin kungiyar da ta ci nasara sun wakilci Najeriya a bikin baje kolin Arts na Commonwealth na shekarar 1965 wanda aka gudanar a London. Ya yi amfani da damar don yawon shakatawa a Ingila don halartar kide kide da Rolling Stones, The Who, da Herman's Hermits. Lokacin da ya dawo, Okosun ya shiga cikin 'yan wasa na *Ukonu's Club*, wani shirin talabijin na Gabashin Najeriya inda ya sami damar nuna kidan sa na kida.  

A cikin shekara ta 1966, ya shiga ƙungiyar Postmen.  a matsayin mai kidan ridi.  ƙngiyar ta kunna kiɗan Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley da Beatles . 

A farkon yaƙin basasa, Okosun da danginsa waɗanda suka fito daga Mid-West ba daga Gabashin Najeriya ba dole suka gudu daga yankin suka koma Lagos. A Legas, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da tallafi ga gidan talabijin kuma ya cushe da ƙungiyoyi da yawa. A cikin shekara ta 1969, ya sami tsayayyen aiki a matsayin mai kida a karo na biyu a cikin Victor Uwaifo 's Maestros. Uwaifo har yanzu yana kan abin da yake bugawa, "Joromi", ya ɗauki ƙungiyarsa zuwa yawon shakatawa a Japan da Turai.  Duk da yake, ya kasance tare da Uwaifo, ya girmama ƙwarewar sa a fannin kide kide da wake-wake ta hanyar yin gwaji tare da haɗakar Afirka da rawar riya. 

### 1970s: Sautin Ozzidi
Daga shekara ta 1972 zuwa shekara ta 1974, ya jagoranci ƙungiyar da a da ake kira Paperback Limited amma daga baya suka sake haɗuwa a matsayin Ozzidi.  Kafin sake haduwa a matsayin Ozzidi, shi da wasu mambobin kungiyar sa sun hada kai da Fela da kungiyar sa, Koola Lobitos, don yin kade kade a yankin Yaba da ke Legas. Bayan ƙirƙirar Ozzidi, Okosun ya fitar da fayafayai da yawa ko dai tare da ƙungiyar ko kuma a matsayin mai fasaha.  Kundin sun hada da *Ozzidi*, *Music mai rai* da *Ozzidi na Siyarwa* . Sautin Ozzidi na farko ya haɗu da asalin asalin asalin Edo tare da taɓa giyar guitar. 

Yana da hutun farko tare da "Taimako" guda ɗaya, wanda aka siyar da kusan kofe dubu ɗari a ƙasar Najeriya.  Jerin kungiyar Ozzidi ya kasance karkashin jagorancin Okosun a matsayin jagora mai kida, wanda ya samu goyon baya daga masu rawa uku, dan kunna trombone, madannan keyboard, bass da gangaren tarko.

Zuwa ƙarshen shekara ta 1970s, Okosun ya fara sakin jerin gwanon reggae wanda aka saka waƙar Afro-pop.  Waƙarsa ta shekara ta 1977 "Wuta a Soweto" ta zama babbar fitacciyar ƙasa da ƙasa  kuma kundin waƙoƙin zinare na farko.  An saka shi a cikin kundin yaki da wariyar launin fata *Sun City*, kuma wakarsa "Highlife" tana kan sautin fim din 1986 *wani abu mai suna Wildness* .  Ya sake fitar da wani kundin wakoki na LP, *Power to the People*, ya biyo baya da rangadi a wasu biranen Najeriya.

### 1980s
Ya fitar da kundi na farko na Amurka a shekara ta 1984 ƙarƙashin Shanachie Records .  Rikodin sa na gaba na Amurka, *Wace Way Nijeriya*, an sake shi a cikin shekara ta 1985 a ƙarƙashin EMI a cikin Nijeriya kuma an ba shi lasisi ga Jive Records don ci gaban duniya. 

Babban nasararsa ta fara dusashe a ƙarshen shekara ta 1980s, amma ya ci gaba da aikinsa a matsayin mawaƙin bishara da sunan Evangelist Sonny Okosun. 

## Daga baya rayuwa
Ya mutu yana da shekaru 61 sakamakon cutar kansa a ranar 24 Mayun shekara ta 2008 a Asibitin Jami'ar Howard, Washington DC.  Salon kiɗan sa ya haɗa da reggae, highlife, Afro-funk, da bishara, da sauransu.  Ya yi kiɗa a cikin harsuna da yawa, ciki har da Esan, Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, da Ingilishi . 

## Manazarta

## Majiya

* Collins, J. (1992). *Tushen Pop din Afirka ta Yamma* . Philadelphia: Jami'ar Haikali ta Latsa.