Google honours Oliver De Coque on his 74th birthday

*Google honours Oliver De Coque on his 74th Birthday*     April 14,2021    Google on Wednesday honours one of Africa's prolific recording artist and a Nigeria's high life musician, Oliver De Coque, by dedicating a Google Doodle on his 74 th posthumous birthday.      Ohab TV made the illustration of the doodle.     Oliver Sunday Akanite popular called chief Oliver De Coque, crowned "High life King of Africa", is widely revered as one of the famous recording artists in the continent       Oliver De Coque, was born this day in 1947, in the small town of Ezinifite in Southeast Nigeria, he took up the guitar as a teenager, studied the traditional Igbo music of the region and Congolese soukos.    Subsequently , in 1970, at a performance by the popular Sunday Agaga and his lucky star band, Akanite convinced sunny to let him stand in as their guitarist, he was hired on the spot, providing a massive boost to his young career.     He was a skilled player of the Nigeria game Okwe, Akanite became known as "Oliver De Ka Okwe", which he later adapted into his stage name, Oliver De Coque.      Soon after he released his debut album messiah messiah in 1977, Coque had recorded about 93 albums.   His dance inspiring 'Ogene' style of Nigeria high life, which blends modern high life and traditional Igbo music, has produced such as, "people club of Nigeria", "Nempi social club", "Biri Ka mbirir", "Ana Enwe", "Nnuku Mmanwu", and "Identity", which remained on Radio Nigeria 2's top ten through out most of 1981.     Oliver De Coque, however died in June 20, 2008, at a hospital in Gbagada, Lagos