Ofo The Black Company
Ofo The Black Company was formed in 1972 by Larry Ifediorama in Lagos, Nige… Read Full Bio ↴Ofo The Black Company was formed in 1972 by Larry Ifediorama in Lagos, Nigeria.
That same year, he took his band to London, England to record their only single for London Records. The single with “Allah Wakbarr” on the A side and “Beautiful Daddy” on the B side is highly collectable, usually fetching $100 or more per copy. Allah Wakbar has also been featured on the now defunct Afro Strut label’s Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970’s Funky Lagos compilation and recently on Luaka Bop’s World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love’s A Real Thing • The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa.
But in 1973, Ofo The Black Company was asked by the East German government to play the “World festivals of the youth and student Berlin capital of the GDR” International Folklore festival in East Berlin along with Miriam Makeba as well as other musicians from Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile and Vietnam.
Larry Ifediorama died in 2005 in Lagos, Nigeria.
That same year, he took his band to London, England to record their only single for London Records. The single with “Allah Wakbarr” on the A side and “Beautiful Daddy” on the B side is highly collectable, usually fetching $100 or more per copy. Allah Wakbar has also been featured on the now defunct Afro Strut label’s Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970’s Funky Lagos compilation and recently on Luaka Bop’s World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love’s A Real Thing • The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa.
But in 1973, Ofo The Black Company was asked by the East German government to play the “World festivals of the youth and student Berlin capital of the GDR” International Folklore festival in East Berlin along with Miriam Makeba as well as other musicians from Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile and Vietnam.
Larry Ifediorama died in 2005 in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Ofo The Black Company Lyrics
Allah Wakbarr الله أكبر الله أكبر الله أكبر Love is me love is me Brother…