Tributes have continued to pour in for the minstrel music maestro, Chukwuemeka Edward Maduka, popularly known as Emeka Morocco, who passed on recently at the age of 76. Though the cause of his death is yet to be made known. The news of his demise was made known by the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria…

Driving through the rough roads of Umugama community in Ukwulu, Dunukofia local council of Anambra State, to speak with Ekpili music icon, Chief Chukwuemeka Maduka, better known as Morocco Maduka, was an experience that is worth the adventure.

I went fully into music in 1962 after my secondary school, though I had started playing music while I was still in secondary school. My father was not okay with it; he thought I was going to end up a hooligan, as he wanted me to become either a lawyer or medical doctor.