Born in Kaduna , Nigeria to parents of Abia State origin, Buchi’s early education began in Enugu and took him through Methodist College , Uzuakoli and Federal Government College , Enugu . In 1983, he came to Lagos to study English Language and Literary Studies at the University of Lagos, obtained a BA in 1986, MA in 1988 and later the same year took up an appointment to lecture at the same institution alongside a PhD programme.
Buchi while in lecturing in school was one of the leadership members of a cultist group involved in a lot of dangerous things before God saved him through pastor Chris Oyakhilome in 1992.
Buchi remained at the Department of English until 1994 when he yielded to the higher calling to propagate the gospel of Jesus through writing and singing in the reggae genre.
Gospel music star and consistent hit maker, Buchi Atuonwu and his wife, Jane have been married for 24years and their union is blessed with four children
Musical Career
Buchi While in the university, his casual involvement in black activism, through reggae club grew more intense after listening to Oliver Thambo and the officials of ANC (African National Congress) from South Africa, during the club’s exhibition on “Apatheid in South Africa”. Again, having studied the black activist literature of Dennis Brutus, Wole Soyinka, Muta Baruka and the likes, Buchi’s preoccupation with reggae music as an ‘outcry against oppression’ became deeper. Little wonder he also became involved in one of the campus confraternities which at the time prided themselves as anti-oppression movements only to discover that there was more to it than met the eyes.
This preoccupation with reggae music took a new turn when his friend Ras Kimono invited him to join the team of deejays on the floating Bukka – a reggae nightclub situated on a docked vessel on the Marina, Lagos Island.
Buchi’s first album, These Days, was released in 1999. His second album, So Beautiful, was released in 2002. The Third one, what a life! was released in 2005. In 2008, he released his fourth album, Sound of Life and in 2011, the fifth album Judah! was released.
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