Oghene Kologbo, born in Warri (Nigeria) in 1958, has been an integral
member of the legendary Fela Kuti's Africa 70 for the whole life of the
band. This made his tight tenor guitar playing be a fundamental presence
on all the masterpiece records that defined the sound of Afrobeat and
brought him to play with people of the likes of James Brown, Stevie
Wonder, Lester Bowie, Paul McCartney, to name a few. After leaving Lagos
for good with other members of Fela's band, Kologbo lived in Berlin
from 1978 and since then toured with King Sunny Ade, Tony Allen and
Brenda Fosse, among many others. He also founded a number of successful
bands such as Roots Anabo and projects with Adé Bantu and Xavier Naidoo.
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