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Tag: Nigerian music

Awards

Nigerian Star King Sunny Adé Inducted into the Afropop Hall of Fame

World Music Central News Room August 7, 2009 1 Comment King Sunny AdéNigerian musicworld music

In one of the few ongoing world music awards ceremonies in the United States of America, King Sunny Adé, Nigeria’s popular entertainer and maestro of…

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Events

Nigeria’s King Sunny Ade to headline New York’s Great African Ball

World Music Central News Room April 18, 2005 HighlifejujuKing Sunny AdéNigeriaNigerian music

New York City, USA – Graviton African Arts Network and African Hypertext, by special arrangement with Yoruba juju icon King Sunny Ade & His African…

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Cover of the album The Best of Fela Kuti
Album reviews

Kuti According to Fela

Dave Atkin February 23, 2005 AfrobeatFela KutiNigerian music

Fela Anikulapo Kuti – The Best of Fela Kuti, 2CD & DVD Box (Wrasse Records WRASS132) It’s hard to think of anything to say about…

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Cover of the album Underground Spiritual Game by Fela Kuti
New CDs and digital releases

Fela Kuti : The Underground Spiritual Game To Be Released September 7th

Angel Romero August 4, 2004 AfrobeatFela KutiNigerian musicworld music

New York, NY, USA – Legendary musical revolutionary Fela Kuti’s work will be released on Quannum on September 7th. Crafted by mixmaster Chief Xcel of…

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General News

IndigeDisc debut CDs

Angel Romero March 22, 2001 Chief Stephen OsadebeHighlifeNigerian music

New York City, USA- The first two releases on the new Indigedisc label will be out the first week of April. One of the releases…

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