Note: The oldest Igbo performing musician alive and Ekpili music crooner, Chief Emeka Morocco Maduka, has been confirmed dead.
The oldest Igbo performing musician alive and Ekpili music crooner, Chief Emeka Morocco Maduka, has been confirmed dead. Chief Emeka Morocco Maduka died Thursday afternoon, October 29, 2020. He was aged 76.
Biography of Chief Dr Emeka Morocco Maduka
Chief Dr Emeka Morocco Maduka, the Ukwulu, Anambra born music maestro, started his music career at the age of 14 and is today the oldest performing musician in the East of Nigeria.
He is famous with the Ekpili music genre, and has followers all over the world, including the United States of America, Europe, Asia etc.
Chief Dr Emeka Morocco Maduka, performing musician and Ekpili music crooner (in 1960), was born in 1944 in Ukwulu, Dunukofia L.G.A, Anambra State, Nigeria and died on October 29, 2020 in Ukwulu, Dunukofia L.G.A, Anambra State, Nigeria at the age of 76.
Ancestors of Chief Dr Emeka Morocco Maduka
Generation 1
Chief Dr Emeka Morocco Maduka, performing musician and Ekpili music crooner (in 1960), was born in 1944 in Ukwulu, Dunukofia L.G.A, Anambra State, Nigeria and died on October 29, 2020 in Ukwulu, Dunukofia L.G.A, Anambra State, Nigeria at the age of 76.