Fantastic Man

Filmmaker Jake Sumner and record label Luaka Bop try to answer the question: "Who Is William Onyeabor?"

by Leo Walton Like many of us, you may have already enjoyed the fascinating and utterly infectious music of William Onyeabor. A mysterious Nigerian producer of the late ’70s and early ’80s, Onyeabor’s cult-like status has recently grown beyond the 1% of specialist record collectors (and Nigerian natives) thanks to David Byrne’s world music record label Luaka Bop. But, if you missed the 2013 chart-topping …