Afrigather The Nigerian music business mourns the lack of Samuel Babafemi Esho, fondly generally known as “Baba Esho” or “Baba Musician”.
In keeping with a household assertion by Bunmi Esho, Baba Esho handed away on Monday, June 17, 2024, on the age of 77 after a quick sickness.
Esho was a pillar of the Nigerian music scene. He served because the Chairman of the Evergreen Musical Firm and based the Evergreen Music Heritage Basis. All through his life, he meticulously collected recordings of Nigerian musicians. Pushed by a need to share his assortment, Esho established Evergreen Data.
On the time of his passing, Esho was actively concerned in making a music empire named the Evergreen Music Heritage Basis. This mission, anticipated to be accomplished by the top of 2024, was a collaboration with Olukoya D.Okay., Normal Overseer of the Mountain Of Fireplace Ministry.
The Evergreen Music Heritage Basis was envisioned to be a multifaceted complicated encompassing a music museum, music library, and an artwork gallery showcasing sculptures of well-known musicians. It could additionally home over 1,000 pictures of Nigerian musicians relationship again to 1914, alongside historic artifacts like costumes and musical devices. An occasion heart for concert events, a cinema, and a recording studio have been additionally deliberate as a part of the mission.
The Evergreen Music Heritage Basis was designed to be a haven for music lovers worldwide, serving as a historic landmark and vacationer vacation spot.
Particulars of his funeral preparations will probably be communicated to the general public by the household.
