Kokoro
Omoba Benjamin Aderounmu, popularly known as Kokoro, (25 February 1925 – 25 January 2009) was a blind minstrel from Lagos, Nigeria. He was born into a royal family in Owo, Ondo State, and became blind when he was aged ten. He developed a unique style of singing accompanied first by a drum, later by a tambourine.
Kokoro
- Born
- 1925
- Died
- 2009
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Occupation
- musician
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Born in 1925, died in 2009.
Kokoro (1925–2009) was a Nigerian musician.
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- 1.Benjamin 'Kokoro' Aderounmu (1925–2009). The Guardian. 8 February 2009.
- 2.Toyin Falola. Culture and customs of Nigeria. Greenwood Publishing Group. 173. 2001. 0-313-31338-5.
- 3.Jeremy Marre, Hannah Charlton. Beats of the heart: popular music of the world. Pantheon Books. 84. 1986. 0-394-74258-3.
- 4.CHUKA NNABUIFE. Authors convention begins in Minna. Nigerian Compass. 29 October 2009.
- 5.African Loft. Nigeria: The Legendary Blind Minstrel "Kokoro" Dies at 84. 28 January 2009.
- 6.Nigerian Films. Kokoro: How He Died, His Unfulfilled Dream. 30 January 2009.
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