Buchi Atuonwu, popularly known as Buchi, is a

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reggae gospel artist. He started as a

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in night clubs. Buchi is part of Christ Embassy's LoveWorld Music and Arts Ministry.

Biography

Buchi was born in

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in 1965. He has lived most of his life in

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. He is married to Jane Atuonwu. Buchi started his education in

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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

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and

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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 {{Nigeria-singer-stub