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Kenneries Night
Kenneries Night is a pan-african event dedicated for the rememberance of Dr. Orlando Owoh heritage and continuation of his footprint within the African passage. This event features high life music, African heritage display and cultural preservation. Representing Dr. Orlando Owoh in live performs, his Kunle Orlando, nigerian fast-rising folk artist and the band leader of His African Kenneries Beats International.
Beat & Beyond
This is a folk genz invoked event powered by LJ Event & Tours. Projecting Afrocentric Heritage mending with Genz vibes. This event happens montlhy in Lagos nigeria, featuring different afrocentric artestic environment and memories, blended with Amapiano and Highlife music with folkres from different origin.
Dr Orlando Owoh Foundation
This event is powered by Dr. Orlando Owoh Records through Dr. Orlando Owoh foundation, giving back to the society from the royalties generated from his catalogue as part of giving back to the soceity to the less priviledge and hungry face. This donation is not limited to Africans, citizens from Australia, New Zealand, Europe can also take part in it. Not exlcuding North Amercan and United Kingdoms.
Boxout
Powered by UK promient box, Toks Owoh who is currently hosting a boxing match yearly to celerbate the legacy of his father as an iconic Pan-African activities, who have fought many words with lyrics, strenght and even spoke up against bad government, even as of the time of the miliatry regine. Dr. orlando owoh remains at the forefront to Boxout bad governance and he lend his voice to the community.
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Dr. Orlando Owoh, known offstage as Oladipupo Owomoyela, remains one of Africa’s most treasured cultural figures. A proud son of the Yoruba people, Owoh’s career spanned decades, bridging tradition and innovation, and ensuring his name was written permanently into the story of African music. From humble beginnings, Owoh apprenticed as a carpenter to honor his father’s wishes. Yet destiny had carved a different path for him—one where rhythm and melody would define his life. His earliest professional breakthrough came with the Kola Ogunmola Theatre Group, performing for Queen Elizabeth II in Ibadan in 1956. Around this period, he trained under highlife legend Fatai Rolling Dollar, acquiring the skills that would shape his distinct sound.
By 1960, Owoh formed Orlando Owoh and His Omimah Band, releasing his debut single Oluwa, lo ran Mi (“God has sent me”) on Nigeria’s Decca label. His raw, grassroots approach to Highlife—replacing brass-heavy arrangements with guitar, percussion, and his unmistakable guttural voice—gave birth to a unique style the world would later call the Kennery Sound. Through the 1970s and beyond, Owoh fronted several groups, most famously the Young Kenneries and African Kenneries International. His nickname, “Kennery,” came from comparisons to the canary bird—colorful, powerful, and unforgettable in song. Even as Nigerian tastes shifted toward juju and fuji, Owoh’s sound remained true to its roots, blending Yoruba palm-wine music, calypso rhythms, and social commentary.
A prolific artist, Owoh released over 40 albums on labels such as Decca, Electromat, and Shanu Olu. His career was occasionally marked by controversy—he was imprisoned in the 1980s on drug-related charges, which he fiercely denied—but these trials only deepened his music’s emotional weight. His fame crossed borders. He performed in London in 1972 alongside Miriam Makeba, earning an honorary doctorate in music, and later toured across Europe and the United States. His international release, Dr. Ganja’s Polytonality Blues (1995), introduced his genius to new audiences. Dubbed the “King of Toye”, Dr. Orlando Owoh embodied resilience, tradition, and creativity. To Nigerians and Ghanaians, he was the voice of the people; to Africa and the world, he was a living bridge between heritage and modernity. His timeless songs still echo as a proud testament to the spirit of African music—forever elevating the world with the Kennery Sound.
