Funk music did make its rounds in Nigeria – around the 70′s through the mid 80′s. I’m talking about some funky garage disco boogie Woogie stuff here guys. Most of you reading this probably weren’t around then, but there’s a whole discography about that era. I’m going to keep today’s lecture short and save the [...]

One of the more popular artists of the late 80′s early 90′s era, Danny Wilson was famous for singing classics hits like ’999′ and ‘Give me Calypso’. His music style could be described as “Raggamuffin”, due to his reggae music influence. Although there doesn’t seem to be much info about danny over the internet, his [...]

I really do not know much about Veno beyond her famous classic song that offered Nigerians a message of hope. Considering what the average Nigerian has to live through everyday; light issues, lack of basic amenities, government embezzlement and mismanagement of resource, corruption, i could not agree more with this song. Nigerians are survivors. Download [...]

Household name in Nigerian music, Alex Zitto, who is half Ghanaian and half Nigerian, had his first professional stint when he was spotted by Nigerian Juju music legend, Ebenezer Obey, who enlisted him in the famous Miliki Band as a bassist. Alex Zitto finally exploded when he won the Lekki Song Contest with his hit [...]

Rare early footage (shot by Ginger Baker) featuring Fela & Afrika 70 performing in the rainy southeastern town of Calabar, shortly after the the Nigerian civil war. Share

01 Welcome 02 Young Girl 03 Sandra 04 Asiko 05 Ghetto Soldier 06 Girls Cry 07 Ragga Hip Hop 08 Sandra 09 The Name 10 Dancing Scene 11 Diana 12 Mayazeno 13 Fire Fire 14 Jahova 15 The Chicken 16 What Gonna Be Gonna Be Download Share

The Ikenga Super Stars of Africa, led by Vincent Okoroego, a former member of Steven Osita Osadebe’s Nigeria Sound Makers were a leading Igbo “guitar highlife” group of the seventies and eighties in Nigeria. The Ikengas called their style of music “Ikwokilikwo”, a fast-paced form of highlife popularized by Oliver de Coque and Godwin Kabaka [...]

One of the most successful bands in Nigeria during the 1970s, the Oriental Brothers have continued to record as a variety of splintered off bands. These have included Dr. Sir Warrior & His Oriental Brothers International, Prince Ichita & the Great Oriental Brothers International Band, and the Oriental Brothers International. While each of these groups [...]

Track Listing 1 Ajo ni mo re 2 Pegan pegan 3 Oluwa lagboju le 4 Gbeyo gbeyo 5 Penkele 6 Ewele 7 Tolongo Download Share

This is one of King Sunny Ade’s Rare Albums. Side A 1 Isu joba lori iyan 2. Abu ni je dehin 3. Ma je koju ti mi Side B 1. Sunny Adé gbe tuntun de 2. Dele adeyemo 3. Baba onigba 4. Ma jaiye ori e Download Share