“Today, arguably it’s the only existing indigenous Nigerian music that is still relevant,” Bobo Omotayo says of fuji. Omotayo is an executive producer of The Odyssey, a forthcoming documentary on 100 ...
In an ambitious effort to chart the lineage of Yoruba and Afrobeats music over the past century and its global influence, Nigerian superstar Adekunle Gold has co-produced a forthcoming documentary ...
The documentary, titled “The Odyssey”, will trace the history and evolution of different subcultures within the music, including Were, Sakara, Apala, Juju, AfroJuju, and Fuji, among many others.
Wizkid’s son AJ sings a Yoruba gospel song during a family outing, sparking online debate and speculation about his potential future in gospel music.
The Nation can report that the annual intellectual discourse that brings together artistes with focus on Yoruba music in the entertainment industry has been set to hold. The conference, themed ...
From the primeval age of Ayànàgalú (the Yorùbá pioneer-drummer-turned-deity-of-drumming) to the modern era, Yorùbá musical traditions have been shaped by individual performers: drummers, dancers, ...
Few days after he marked his 61st birthday, Fuji musician King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall popularly known as K1 De Ultimate has revealed his discontent with the present state of Yoruba music. He was ...
In recent times, Afrobeats have been paying it to their roots by infusing Fuji, a Yoruba-rooted Nigerian music genre ...
In an ambitious effort to chart the lineage of Yoruba and Afrobeats music over the past century and its global influence, Nigerian superstar Adekunle Gold has co-produced a forthcoming documentary ...