Victor Uwaifor
Victor Efosa Uwaifo MON (1 March 1941 – 28 August 2021) was a Nigerian musician, writer, sculptor, and musical instrument inventor, university lecturer, music legend, and the first Honorable Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism in Nigeria. He was the winner of the first gold disc in Africa (Joromi) released in 1965 and seven other gold discs in Guitar Boy, Arabade, Ekassa series and Akwete music. He recorded under the name "Victor Uwaifo and His Titibitis".
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Quotes
[edit]- The problem with Nigerian musicians today is that they don’t go through music apprenticeship. Everybody wants to make it in a hurry; it doesn’t work out like that. You cannot become a graduate without going to school; you cannot read and write without learning ABC to Z. You cannot also play music without also knowing the solfa notations – d, r, m, f, s, l, t, d!
- With a computer a dog can be a musician now: Victor Uwaifo's parting shot 28 August 2021, PM NEWS (Nigeria).
- Time changes, things change and there is nothing one can do about it.
- I almost died of electrocution on stage in 1969 – Sir Victor Uwaifo 4 April 2021, PUNCH (Nigeria).
- Life rests on a tripod: the mental, physical and spiritual. Physically, I build my body through exercises. Spiritually, I meditate most of the time and music keeps me company. Mentally, I read a lot and study and I have attained the highest academic degree with a PhD in Architectural Sculpture
- I almost died of electrocution on stage in 1969 – Sir Victor Uwaifo 4 April 2021, PUNCH (Nigeria).
- In philosophy, I always tell people, don’t wait for your destiny to wake you up; wake up your destiny.
- Sir Victor Uwaifo… My journey to stardom, greatness 13 March 2021, GUARDIAN (Nigeria).
- When you water a flower, it will blossom. If you don’t, it will wither. If you exercise your mind, it begins to grow. A man’s brain is like a balloon that expands. It appears that for 80 years, I have not used up to 80 per cent of my brain
- Sir Victor Uwaifo… My journey to stardom, greatness 13 March 2021, GUARDIAN (Nigeria).
