Buchi Atuonwu, popularly known as Buchi, is a
Nigerian
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...
reggae gospel artist. He started as a
disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile ...
in night clubs.
Buchi is part of
Christ Embassy's LoveWorld Music and Arts Ministry.
Biography
Buchi was born in
Kaduna
Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade Centre and a major transportation hub as the gateway to northern Nige ...
in 1965.
He has lived most of his life in
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 fo ...
. He is married to Jane Atuonwu.
Buchi started his education in
Enugu in Methodist College, and
Federal Government College. He gained admission to
University of Lagos
The University of Lagos, popularly known as UNILAG, is a public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria and was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in th ...
in 1983 to study
English language
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and
literary
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studies. He graduated with a BA and MA in 1986 and 1988 respectively. He took up an appointment with the university at the end of his program to lecture and run a PhD program. Buchi remained a staff member of the Department of English of the university until 1994 when he started writing and singing in the reggae genre.
Albums
Buchi has released 8 Studio albums and two books. The audio albums are as follows:
* 1999 - ''These Days''
* 2002 - ''So Beatutiful''
* 2005 - ''What A Life''
* 2008 - ''Sounds Of Life''
* 2011 - ''Judah''
* 2014 - ''I See''
* 2017 - ''Red, Gold & Green''
* 2020 - ''11:59''
Books
* ''Cease Fire''
References
Living people
1965 births
Nigerian songwriters
Nigerian gospel singers
University of Lagos alumni
People from Kaduna
Loveworld Records artists
Federal Government College Enugu alumni
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