Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe

**Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe**  (March 17, 1936  &#x2013; May 11, 2007),  often reference to as just **Osita Osadebe**, was a Nigerian highlife musician from Atani . N'ime oge ọrụ ya ruru ihe karịrị iri afọ anọ, ọ ghọrọ otu n'ime ndị egwu ama ama na Igbo highlife . Ihe egwu kacha ama ama bụ 1984 otu " Osondi Owendi " nke mere ka ọ bụrụ onye ndu n'ụdị egwu dị elu ma bụrụkwa otu n'ime ndekọ ndekọ aha kacha ewu ewu na Naijiria. 

## Akụkọ ndụ
A mụrụ Osadebe na March 17, 1936, n'obodo Igbo dị na Atani na ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ Naijiria. O si n'ahịrị ndị na-abụ abụ na ndị na-agba egwu n'ala Igbo . Ụdị ya, Highlife, gụnyere ihe egwu Igbo na omenala. N'akụkụ nke a, calypso, Samba, bolero, rumba, Jazz na waltz nọkwa n'ụdị egwu Osadebe. Ọ bụ n'afọ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ya na Onitsha, bụ nnukwu obodo azụmahịa dị nso na Atani, ka Osadebe tolitere mmasị n'egwú. 

Osadebe bidoro egwu ya n'ụlọ egwu abalị dị na Legọs dị na mpaghara ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Naijiria. Ọ bụbu akụkụ nke The Empire Rhythm Orchestra, nke EC Arinze na-edu na ya mụtara ọtụtụ n'ime nkà egwu ya.  Osadebe bụ onye na-ede egwú nke mbụ wepụtara n'afọ 1958 ma gaa n'ihu dee egwu karịrị narị ise; ọkara n'ime ha ka a tọhapụrụ n'ahịa.  Ka ya na ndị otu Stephen Amache na ndị Central Dance Band nọrọ n'ihe dị ka afọ 1964,  Osadebe kụpụrụ dịka onye otu ya na ndị otu ya bụ Sound Makers. 

Ka ọ na-esiwanye ike, ụdị Osadebe tolitere wee tinye nkọwa mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya, nke yiri ya, mana ọ bụghị nke esemokwu ka Fela Kuti . Ọnwụnwa onwe onye na mkpagbu na-abụkarị isi okwu nke nkọwa ya. Ọ bụrụ na bekee, pidgin bekee na Igbo .  Osadebe na-agbatịkarị egwu ya maka ọñụ ndị na-ege ya ntị, na-enye ohere maka 'ndị nọ n'ụlọ ịgba egwu' ka ha na-egwu egwu.  Ọ nwetara aha ya bụ "Dọkịta nke ọbara mgbali elu" na-ekwu maka "ikike ọgwụgwọ nke egwu ya". 
Osadebe bu onye mere nke oma n'ipu na otu egwu akporo Conventional big band nke bu ndi otu egwu buputara ya bu egwu, o bu egwu na ato ezigbo uto nyere obi nke ndi oyibo kporo "Melodic Progressions" na mita, nke a bukwa egwu uka a mara ama. Omechara wee mee nke oma n'Igbanwe egwu hailaif n'udi aguo azaa nke egwu Afrika.
Mgbe agha obodo Naijiria mechara na ngwụcha afọ 1960, nnukwu ọpụpụ nke ndị ọwụwa anyanwụ Naijiria (karịsịa ndị Igbo) si na ọdịda anyanwụ Naijiria butere ọnwụ nke Highlife ama ama na isi obodo Legọs mgbe ahụ. N'oge agha na mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị Osadebe nọgidere na-eme ihe omume ndụ ya akwadoro. Egwu Jùjú na emesia Afrobeat buru ụzọ na Legọs, na n'afọ 1970 James Brown na ụdị egwu dị iche iche ghọrọ ewu ewu n'obodo ahụ. N'ime afọ iri a, ọrụ Osadebe eruola nke ọma.  Mgbe Osadebe gbachara afọ 50 na 1986, Osadebe malitere ibute ụzọ nna wee were oge ya nye nwa ya nwoke Obiora na ụmụ ya ndị ọzọ site na ndị nwunye ya. One of Osita Osadebe's last albums is *Kedu America* . 

Osita Osadebe nwụrụ na St. Mary's Hospital Waterbury, Connecticut na 11 Mee 2007 ka ọ nwesịrị nnukwu nsogbu iku ume. 

## Ihe ngosi

; Egwu ndi oguru naani ya

* "United Nigeria" / "Okpaku Elieli" — Stephen Osadebay na Nigerian Soundmakers, 1962-63 (HMV NH37)
* "Sylvanu Olympio" / "Ifeayi Chukwu" — Stephen Osadebay and Nigerian Soundmakers, 1962-63 (HMV NH41)
* "Monkey De Work Baboon De Chop" / "Nwezigbo Omume" — Commander In Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe & His Nigeria Sound Makers, 1971 (6259085 PE)/"Egwu Amala"/"Ndubusi"
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; Egwu ndi oguru

## Hụkwa

* Egwu egwu
* Egwu Igbo