William Onyeabor

'Fantastic Man - A Film About William Onyeabor' (documentary)

BY Alex HudsonPublished Feb 26, 2014

Not much is know about funky Nigerian Afrobeat enigma William Onyeabor, but fans can learn a little more about the story of the mysterious musician thanks to a new documentary.

The 31-minute film is called Fantastic Man - A Film About William Onyeabor, and it includes interviews with Blur's Damon Albarn, Caribou's Dan Snaith and others. It was directed by Jake Sumner. There's still not much concrete information about the guy, but this serves a good primer.

Watch it below.

Record Store Day (April 19) will reportedly see the arrival of a new Onyeabor release called What?, but the details of the LP are still unclear.

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