Gerald Emeka Pine, better known as Geraldo Pino (1 February 1934 - 9 November 2008), was a Sierra Leonean Nigerian musician. He was one of the early pioneers of modern African pop music.
Born in 1934 in
Enugu
Enugu ( ; ) is the capital city of Enugu State in Nigeria. It is located in southeastern part of Nigeria. The city had a population of 820,000 according to the 2022 Nigerian census. The name ''Enugu'' is derived from the two Igbo words ''Énú ...
, Nigeria, Pino was the son of a
Sierra Leonean
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...
lawyer, and a mother who died when he was young. He co-founded the Heartbeats in the 1960s and was Chairman of the
Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria Rivers State Branch from 1995 to 2004. He died of illness in
Port Harcourt on 9 November 2008.
References
1934 births
2008 deaths
Burials in Rivers State
Musicians from Enugu
Nigerian people of Sierra Leonean descent
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