BREAKING: Legendary Music Maestro, Victor Uwaifo Dies At 80
Veteran Nigerian highlife singer and guitarist, Sir Victor Uwaifo, better known as ‘Guitar Boy’, has passed away at 80.
Nwaifo Peter, one of the deceased’s children, broke the sad news in a Facebook post on Saturday.
“Daddy why did you leave us now? Prof sir Victor UWAIFO has gone to rest. Black Saturday for me now. One week now after collaborating with me,” he wrote.
Nwaifo started his music career shortly after completing his secondary education and he started pulling the strings in the music landscape thereafter.
Uwaifo is also the first professional musicians to be awarded with the National Merit Honours of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON).
He was also the first Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism in Nigeria.
He was the winner of the first gold disc in Africa (Joromi) released in 1965 and seven other gold discs in Guitar boy, Arabade, Ekassa series and Akwete music.
He was recognised as the most educated performing music legend, musical instrument inventor, artist, worldwide with a B.A Honors (first class valedictorian), Masters degree and Ph.D in Architectural Sculpture from the University of Benin in Nigeria
