Dr. Oloh

African popular music, Musical Artist

1944 – 2007

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Who was Dr. Oloh?

Israel Olorunfeh Cole better known by his stage name Dr. Oloh was a Sierra Leonean afropop and Jazz musician.

Israel Olorunfeh Cole, commonly known as Dr. Oloh was born on March 20, 1944 in the mountain village of Leicester, near Freetown in the Western Area of Sierra Leone to a Nigerian mother and a Creole father. He led a band known as Milo Jazz. He was awarded the OR by the Sierra Leonean Government in 1989. Oloh and his band toured the United Kingdom a couple of times.

He died on October 13, 2007 after a short illness.

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Born
Mar 20, 1944
Leicester, Sierra Leone
Died
Oct 13, 2007

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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