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Biography
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Ben Okafor
Real name: Benedict Chukwudebelu Okafor
Effective period / Period of releases: 1985 - 1994
Ben was born in Enugu, eastern Nigeria as 1 of 8 children, his music and early life were shaped by his experiences as a child as Ben was a victim of the civil war in Nigeria and at the age of 13, fought as a boy soldier. Ben moved to the UK in 1979 and settled in the Midlands.