Urhobo Me Jevwe means my urhobo tradition is sweet, proud and glad to be an urhobo

Okpan Arhibo is the famous Urhobo Musician Okpan Arhibo is a popular face in Nigeria. He has gained mastery in Urhobo traditional music and is popularly known as the King of Urhobo music. Arhibo hails from the Delta State of Nigeria. Born in 1947, died in 2022

Okpan Arhibo was born in the petroleum-rich Delta State of Nigeria. He is a renowned Urhobo Musician based in Nigeria. Arhibo has gained over 30 years of experience in Urhobo traditional music. With his immense love and passion for the Urhobo music, he is famously known as the King of Urhobo music.
He has released over 200+ albums in this traditional music to date. Arhibo performs his shows outside the African continent also. He has performed in America & Europe.
Okpan Arhibo belongs to Nigeria’s Urhobo cultural group which is the fifth-largest cultural group in Nigeria and the largest in oil-rich Delta State.

OKPAN ARHIBO CHANGED THE DIMENSIONS OF URHOBO TRADITIONAL MUSIC
Once it was a time during the 80s when the youths of the Urhobo group desperately wanted to be westernized. They rejected their traditional music and slowly shifted towards the western beats. But, it was Okpan Arhibo who remain faithful to his traditional art & music.

It was the time of 1980s when Okpan came up with his new album, “Catch Fire Dance”. The song followed the true form of Urhobo music. Soon it became a seminal hit, he had in one go changed the style & approach within the Urhobo nation and the arena of Urhobo music and dance.

Arhibo successfully revived the diminishing traditional art of his cultural group. It was Okpan who made Urhobo music acceptable to the youths.


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