Loading details…
Artist
Segun Adewale
12+ albums
nigeriajujuafricanigerianworld
about
Born c. 1955 in Oshogbo, Nigeria; member of royal family of Yoruba ethnic group. Education: Studied composition and arranging with juju bandleader I.K. Dairo. Addresses: Record company--Celebrity Records, 10553 W. Jefferson Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232. Often called the "Crown Prince of Juju" as he followed in the footsteps of the legendary King Sunny Ade, Nigerian bandleader Segun Adewale was one of most popular West African performers of the 1980s. Adewale served a long apprenticeship in several of the bands that developed the colorful juju style and brought it to international popularity. He gained widespread fame before juju's dominance was ended by the rise of the fuji style in Nigerian popular music of the 1990s. Adewale, like Ade, was a member of the hereditary aristocracy of the Yoruba ethnic group. He was born in Oshogbo, Nigeria, in 1955 or 1956. His father taught him to play the guitar. Adewale attended local schools and was groomed by his family for a career as a doctor or lawyer. They ruled out a career in music, but Adewale's response was to leave home and move to the Nigerian capital of Lagos, where in the 1960s, juju music was taking shape from a rich mix of existing musical ingredients. Tribal drum rhythms were fused with guitars and other Western instruments, some of them brought to Africa by former American slaves, and others, such as the country music pedal steel guitar, of more recent importation. Adewale signed on with one of the early juju bands, Chi
you might also explore
▤Books
▧Games
▣Movies
▦TV
