Ambrose Campbell

Ambrose Campbell was a Nigerian musician and bandleader. He is credited with forming Britains first ever black band, the West African Rhythm Brothers, in the 1940s, and was also acknowledged by Fela Kuti as the father of modern Nigerian music. He worked with British jazz musicians in the 1950s, and later toured and recorded with Leon Russell in the US, where he lived for thirty years.

He was born Oladipupo Adekoya Campbell in Lagos, Nigeria, into a Christian family his father was a preacher. He sang in the church choir, and also, nicknamed Ambrose, started performing palmwine music against the wishes of his family who kicked him out of the house when they discovered what he was doing. For a while he lived under the protection of nationalist leader Herbert Macaulay and worked as a printer, as well as a musician. He met guitarist Brewster Hughes in Lagos, and performed with him in the Jolly Boys Orchestra.

Source: Wikipedia