Category: Entertainment
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Dapo Oyebanji is the multiple award winning Nigerian entertainer whose Oliver Twist dance song topped African and UK charts between 2010 and 2011. Dapo Oyebanji, stage name D’banj, was born 1980 in Zaria where his father served as a military officer. Oyebanji was after his secondary school education at a Naval school in Ogun state…
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Shinamania was the creation of Juju musician, Shina Peters, whose genre is mixed with very fast and upbeat with a lot of funky bumps and grinds. This pop phenomenon came to head in 1990 with the release of Shina Peter’s sophomore album, and his music and following developed to such a feverish height that he…
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Susan Olabimpe Filani (Goldie), was a colourful Nigerian hip artist known for bizarre costumes and strong stage personality. Stage named Goldie, Olabimpe was born 1983 and grew in a family where music was the only bright spot in a three-way life that revolved round home, school and church. Her mum was a managing director of…
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Ekundayo Phillips was a Musicologist and composer, renowned as a doyen of Nigerian church music. Ekundayo was born in 1884 to an Anglican priest, Rev. Charles Phillips. After his training at the CMS Grammar School in Lagos he went to London and trained as a pharmacist. While there, he studied piano, organ, and violin at…
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Tunde King was the first Juju musician to achieve upscale patronage. He is considered by some researchers on his Yoruba brand of music originated from Lagos area boys as a great influence on music of maestros like Sunny Ade, Commander Ebenezer Obey, and Shina Peters. Born August 1910 as Abdulrafiu Babatunde in the Sierra Leone…