William Onyeabor, Oil, and Anticolonialism

Hey, welcome to the black auralities podcast! Where I, Wilton, discuss music, history, politics, philosophy, and the humanities more generally. Thanks for being here. In this episode I discuss William Onyeabor, one of the greatest musicians to come out of Nigeria in the 1970s and 80s. I highlight some of the context surrounding Onyeabor, the end of colonialism in Nigeria, the Cold War, and his work in helping us have a more expansive understanding of blackness in the world.

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Noisey documentary on William Onyeabor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiaRp0M2fxE

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My thesis in which William Onyeabor figures centrally: https://etd.uwc.ac.za/handle/11394/6548