Oku Onuora
- January 10, 2024
- Writer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Oku Onuora |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 9, 1952(1952-03-09) |
| Age | 72 |
| Birthplace | Kingston |
| Country | Jamaica |
| Birth City | Kingston Parish |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Oku Onuora Biography
| Name | Oku Onuora |
| Birthday | Mar 9 |
| Birth Year | 1952 |
| Place Of Birth | Kingston |
| Home Town | Kingston Parish |
| Birth Country | Jamaica |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Oku Onuora is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on March 9, 1952 in Kingston, Kingston Parish, Jamaica.
Oku Nagba Ozala Onuora (born Orlando Wong, 9 March 1952), known as the “father of Jamaican dub poetry” is a Jamaican dub poet and performer.
When a project to provide a ghetto school and community centre to benefit the area’s youths hit financial difficulties, Wong began engaging in guerrilla activities, based in the hills around Kingston, including armed robberies. After one of these robberies, of a post office, Wong was captured and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment in 1970. After attempting to escape twice (he was shot five times by the police during the first attempt), instigating a prison riot, and campaigning for prison reform, Wong was classed as a security risk and subjected to a harsh regime at the Fort Augusta Prison.
Oku Onuora Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Oku Onuora is one of the richest Writer from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Oku Onuora 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Orlando Wong was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1952. He grew up in the slums of Eastern Kingston’s Franklin Town and received an informal education from a Rastafarian named Negus. Wong’s rebellious nature initially led him to engage in demonstrations against police violence and painting slogans on walls.
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The “Reflections in Red” single was his first musical release, and the first Jamaican dub poetry record, recorded with the backing of Wailers rhythm section Aston and Carlton Barrett at Tuff Gong studios and released in 1979 on Bob Marley’s “56 Hope Road” label. The poem expressed his scepticism over the peace truce between Kingston’s rival gangs, although he went on to perform at the One Love Peace Concert that celebrated the truce. ECHO, Onuora’s first poetry collection, has been reprinted several times with some five editions, some translated into French/patois and one edition in German. Onuora toured Europe extensively, forming a friendship with Linton Kwesi Johnson, and released his first album, Pressure Drop, which featured several poems from ECHO, in France on the Blue Moon Music label and in the US on Heartbeat Records in 1986. He toured the USA and France with his AK7 (Armageddon Knights Column 7) band performing at the prestigious Angoulême Jazz Festival in France.
Facts & Trivia
Ádam Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Jamaica. Oku Onuora celebrates birthday on March 9 of every year.
In 2010, Onuora announced a new album, entitled A Movement, and his intention to return to live performance. The album was released in May 2013, featuring pianist Monty Alexander and Sly and Robbie, and is a tribute to his wife Adugo Ranglin-Onuora, who died in July 2011.