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Victor Uwaifo
Sir Victor Uwaifo (born 1 March 1941)〔("Sir Victor Uwaifo" page ) at BBC Music.〕 is a Nigerian musician, writer, sculptor, and musical instrument inventor. He also served as commissioner for arts and culture in Edo State under the government of Lucky Igbinedion. Uwaifo is famous for his joromi music. He records under the name Sir Victor Uwaifo.
His best-known songs, "Guitar Boy" and "Mami Water",〔("Sir Victor Uwaifo - Guitar Boy (recorded version)" ), YouTube.〕 were a huge hit in 1966. "Mami Water" was inspired by an encounter (which he has long maintained actually occurred) with a "mami water" (mermaid) while lounging on Bar Beach, Lagos.〔(Interview with Sir Victor Uwaifo – "Tales from the Guitar Boy" ), Thicc Tourism, 30 April 2014.〕
==Early years and education==
Victor Efosa Uwaifo was born in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, and obtained his secondary school education at the Western Boys' High School Benin and St Gregory's College, Lagos, in the years 1957–61. He began playing guitar when he was 12 years old, his earliest popular music influences deriving from listening to records of Spanish and Latin American music.〔("Biography" ), Victor Uwaifo website.〕 He studied graphics at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos and graduated in 1961–63. He received a bachelor's degree with first-class honours and a master's degree from the University of Benin〔 in 1994, where he studied fine and applied arts and majored in sculpture.
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