William Onyeabor

**William Ezechukwu Onyeabor** ( / ɒn ˈjɑː b ɔː /, on-YAH -baw ; 26 Maachị 1946 – 16 Jenụarị 2017) bụ onye egwu egwu na ọchụnta ego Naijiria.  A na-anụ egwu ya na Nigeria na ngwụcha 1970s na mmalite 1980s. N'agbanyeghị ihe ịga nke ọma ya, ọ nọgidere bụrụ onye na-enweghị atụ, onye na-enweghị isi na nke na-enweghị isi.

## Nchịkọta
Egwu Onyeabor na-abụkarị nke ukwuu ma na-akpụkọta ya, mgbe ụfọdụ o na-agụkarị egwu, na egwu na-ekwu maka agha. Onyeabor n'onwe ya na ụmụnwaanyị na-abụ abụ na-akwado nyere ụda olu. N'afọ 2010, ụfọdụ n'ime egwu ya pụtara na nchịkọta dị iche iche, na-abụkarị nnukwu egwu ya, "o ka mma na-igbanwere uche gi", nke pụtara na *Afrika 100*, *World Psychedelic Classics 3: Ifunanya  bu ihe di adi- The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa*,   na *Naijiria70: Akuko nkowa nke Afrikaof 1970's Funky Legos*,  site na aha ndị dị ka Luaka Bop .

## Akụkọ ndụ
A mụrụ Onyeabor n'ezinaụlọ dara ogbenye, mana ọ nwere ihe ịga nke ọma n'ụzọ ego iji gaa Irop ịga mụọ ihe ndekọ ndekọ.  Ụfọdụ akụkọ ndụ na-ekwu na ọ mụtara ihe nkiri sinima na Rọshịa, laghachiri Nigeria n'afọ 1970 ka ọ malite akara egwu Wilfilms nke ya na iji guzobe ụlọ ọrụ ndekọ na mmepụta ihe. Emechara chiri ya eze ukwu n'Enugwu, ebe o biri dịka onye ọchụnta ego na-arụ ọrụ n'ụgwọ ọrụ gọọmentị ma na-arụ igwe ọka semolina nke ya.   Ọganihu azụmahịa ya hụrụ ka aha ya bụ West African Industrialist of the Year na 1987. 

Dị ka akwụkwọ ndekọ Luaka Bop si kwuo, Onyeabor " wepụtara onwe ya albums asatọ n'etiti 1977 na 1985 wee ghọọ Onye Kraịst ọzọ, na-ajụ ikwu okwu banyere onwe ya ma ọ bụ egwu ya ọzọ." Akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ kwuru na site n'ịgbalị ka ya na Onyeabor n'onwe ya kparịta ụka, na site n'ịgwa ndị yiri ka ha nwere ihe ọmụma mbụ, ọ gbalịrị ịmepụta akụkọ ndụ ya ziri ezi ruo ọnwa 18, na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma. 

N'afọ 2014, ebe nrụọrụ weebụ egwu Noisey, nke jikọrọ ya na magazin *Vice*, wepụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ dị nkeji iri atọ na otu aha ya bụ *Fantastic Man* nke na-edekọ akụkọ ihe mere eme Onyeabor na ihe nketa ya yana mbọ Noisey gbara ịchọta ya maka ajụjụ ọnụ.  2014 hụkwara otu nnukwu njem nlegharị anya akpọrọ Atomic Bomb! Ndị otu egwu na-agbakọta ọnụ iji kpọọ egwu Onyeabor n'ọtụtụ egwu egwu na mmemme na gburugburu ụwa. Ndị otu a na-eduzi Music Director Ahmed Gallab  na ìgwè ya Sinkane na-agụnye David Byrne, Money Mark,  Damon Albarn, Pat Mahoney, Dev Hynes,  Alexis Taylor, Charles Lloyd na Amadou na Mariam .  Ndị ọzọ nwere mmasị n'ọrụ Onyeabor gụnyere Dan Snaith, Four Tet na Tune-Yards .  Egwu egwu ya "Fantastic Man" pụtara na azụmahịa Apple's iPhone 7 Plus "Barbers" na 2017. 

Na Disemba 2014, Onyeabor mere mgbasa ozi redio mbụ ya na Lauren Laverne Show na BBC 6 Music, bụ ebe o kwuru "naanị m na-emepụta egwu ga-enyere ụwa aka," ma kwupụta na ya nwere atụmatụ ịmepụta ihe ọhụrụ. 

Onyeabor mụrụ ụmụ anọ. Otu n'ime ụmụ ya bụ Charles Onyeabor bụkwa onye egwu. William Onyeabor nwụrụ, gbara afọ 70, na 16 Jenụwarị 2017. 

* *Crashes in Love* (1977)
* *Atomic Bomb* (1978)
* *Tomorrow* (1979)
* *Body & Soul* (1980)
* *Great Lover* (1981)
* *Hypertension* (1982)
* *Crashes in Love – Version 2* (1982)
* *Good Name* (1983)
* *Anything You Sow* (1985)
* *[[Who is William Onyeabor?]]* (compilation) (2013)