Various Artists
Lagos All routes
Most of the rest of the music contained here can be categorized as percussion music from the Yoruba tradition, much of it focusing on the vocals and the talking drum. Apala is one of the earliest genres of neo-traditional Yoruba dance music, with roots in the ajisaari and were music sung to rouse Muslims during the fasting period of Ramadan. It became widely popular in the 1950s and 1960s, largely due to the success of Haruna Ishola, the brilliant praise and proverb singer whose Pariboto Riboto is included here. Ambali Adedeji’s Ole Obinrin (Lazy Woman) is another apala offering, similar in style to the work of another apala great, Ayinla Omowura. It was this type of uptempo apala rhythm that put down an important foundation for fuji music, which developed in the 1970s.
- 01 chief commander ebenezer obey - eyi yato
- 02 sir victor owaifo - joromi
- 03 travellers lodge atomic 8 - ikut asana edem
- 04 sagbeni aragbada - sowambe
- 05 super negro bantous - professional super bantous
- 06 cardinal rex jim lawson - tom kirisite
- 07 ambali adedeji - ole obinrin
- 08 chief umobuarie and his group - ebalume
- 09 mike eleagha - onye ori utaba
- 10 kollington ayinia - omo mi gbo temi
- 11 cardinal rex jim lawson - nume inye
- 12 the harbours band - da wa lohun
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