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He started as a church drummer in Enugu. Nwa Baby is arguably the biggest highlife record anyone has made this century.
Chinedu Izuchukwu Okoli, who records as Flavour N'abania, was born in Enugu on 23 November 1983 and began as a drummer in a local church.
His debut album N'abania appeared in 2008 and Uplifted in 2010; the latter carried Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix), arguably the biggest highlife record of the twenty-first century. His style, neo-highlife, sets traditional Igbo highlife against Afropop and R&B.
His debut album N'abania appeared in 2008 and Uplifted in 2010; the latter carried Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix), arguably the biggest highlife record of the twenty-first century. His style, neo-highlife, sets traditional Igbo highlife against Afropop and R&B.
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