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afropop: juju
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Afropop: For many years the most popular style in Nigeria, juju music evolved from Yoruba folklore and a variety of international elements. Early in the century, Lagos was a place where local peoples encountered freed slaves from the New World. Together they created a recreational music that came to be known as palm wine music, as it usually accompanied drinking. Banjos, guitars, shakers and hand drums supported lilting topical songs and produced local celebrities, notably "Baba" Tunde King, apparently the first to call his music juju ...
History of the music style that's been so popular in Nigeria since the mid-twentieth century.
History of the music style that's been so popular in Nigeria since the mid-twentieth century.
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Sep 25, 2006
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Afropop: For many years the most popular style in Nigeria, juju music evolved from Yoruba folklore and a variety of international elements. Early in the century, Lagos was a place where local peoples encountered freed slaves from the New World. Together they created a recreational music that came to be known as palm wine music, as it usually accompanied drinking. Banjos, guitars, shakers and hand drums supported lilting topical songs and produced local celebrities, notably "Baba" Tunde King, apparently the first to call his music juju ...
History of the music style that's been so popular in Nigeria since the mid-twentieth century.
History of the music style that's been so popular in Nigeria since the mid-twentieth century.
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