In 2013, a very mysterious record that packed a powerful punch was ‘Who Is William Onyeabor’ started drawing a lot of attention. This was extraordinary as it posed as many questions as it answered while it introduced the world to the force that hails from the Nigerian electro-funk realm, not that there was one at the time, an enigma if you will - William Onyeabor.
Noisey spent years trying to track down the elusive Onyeabor who they found to be a born-again Christian and is completely unbothered by the fascination around his music and his past. After speculating as to why he wouldn’t be interested in re-sparking his career, they called it a day and finally the Luaka Bop label followed up their excellent compilation album with a full-length documentary. Watch below:
The video was created by film-maker Jake Sumner with Noisey, Fantastic Mantraces the long search for Onyeabor from the first collectors to discover his records to Luaka Bop’s attempt to make contact with the man himself in his hometown of Enugu in Nigeria.