Author: tope_litcaf
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Ajegunle; Lagos slum which forms part of Ajeromi Local Government Area of Lagos State. Ajegunle is notorious for features such as houses with rusty iron roofs lining dusty roads, small, snake-like gutters crossing the roads in many places thereby creating small gullies which ensure bumpy rides. The densely populated Ajegunle is a melting point and…
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Haruna Ishola; one of the most popular artistes of the Apala genre of music in his day was born in 1919 in Ijebu-Igbo. Haruna Ishola started music early, and moved with time and trend, following whichever way the wind of music blew. He released his debut album in 1948 titled, Orimolusi Adeboye: The Oba of Ijebu-Igbo.…
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Ernest Sessi Ikoli, Nigerian first generation politician and journalist who gained a reputation in the 1920s as a colorful nationalist was born in 1893 at Brass, now part of Rivers State. The foray of this cerebral Ijaw man into newspaper publishing after the First World War would provide the energy and the participation that was…
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Ogunwande Abimbola; History professor, university administrator, and Ifa diviner born in the town of Oyo in 1936. Two years after his tenure as Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University Abimbola became Majority Leader of the Nigerian Senate. For two years, he served as Special Adviser on Cultural Affairs and Traditional Matters to President Obasanjo.…
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Michael Olusola, Abiodun is a physician born January 18, 1941, in Lagos. He had his primary education in Methodist Boys High school in 1953-1957 in Lagos and his secondary education at Norwich City College, East Angalia in the United Kingdom in 1958-1960. He was a fellow of Nigerian Medical College of Physicians in the year…
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Reuben Abati; Public Servant and journalist known for his accomplishments as public intellectual and stints in media relations was born 1965 in Abeokuta. In 2011, Reuben Abati was appointed as the Special Adviser, Media and publicity and as official spokesperson to President Goodluck Jonathan, hence responsible for handling the president’s media office, relation and the…
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Talking drum called Gangan was invented in Old Oyo Empire at an unknown date. It is mostly used in the Oba’s palace to praise-sing eminent chiefs who come visiting, primarily to extol the virtues of the Oba. When handled with dexterity the talking drum can mimic human voices. Gangan consists of a widely hollow and…
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Fuji is the popular Yoruba music genre which emerged in the 1960s from Were that was played by Muslims during the Ramadan festival. The set up before the transformation usually comprised of a lead singer who sings while others chorused with such instruments like Sekere, Gangan, Iyalu, Sakara, Agidigbo, Igba, and atimes, Agogo. Closely related…
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Apala; Yoruba music genre descended, like Fuji, from Were, which has its root in the traditions of the Yoruba Muslim sect. Were, which started from the 1930s, has Quranic undertone with the tonic often based on submidiant tones that makes one enjoy the root percussion that is introduced into them. Apala is differentiated artificially from Were…