Wesseh Freeman

Wesseh Freeman was a musician from Monrovia, Liberia.

Biography

He became blind as a child and turned to playing the guitar to support himself and his family. He was self-taught, and built his guitars out of oil cans.
A video of him playing on the street went viral in 2016, and a Facebook page created for him garnered more than 7 million visitors. Freeman also demonstrated how he built his guitars, from an oil can, a neck shaped with a machete, and strings from bicycle cables. He said he made $4 a day playing his instrument. It brought him international attention as well as funding to build him a home.
He died on 27 February 2018 in a road accident in Monrovia.