nigeria

<p>Why did Fela Kuti marry all his back-up dancers and singers on 18 February 1978 in a ceremony conducted by a Yoruba priest?</p><p><a href="https://www.didiermary.fr/afrobeat-fela-kuti-queens/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.didiermary.fr/afrobeat-fela-kuti-queens/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.didiermary.fr/afrobeat-fel</span><span class="invisible">a-kuti-queens/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a></p>

<p>Lady Donli - Keep On Loving Me (Biko Biko)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjFUirNE4Oc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjFUirNE4Oc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjFUir</span><span class="invisible">NE4Oc</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nowplaying/" rel="tag">#NowPlaying</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a></p>

<p>‘It’s not noise. It’s a message’: the misunderstood misfits of Nigeria’s underground rock scene</p><p>In a country that doesn’t always reward difference, defiant Nigerian musicians are reawakening their country’s rock and giving those on the margins the space to feel seen.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/12/rock-music-faith-misfits-grabbing-the-mic-in-nigeria-clayrocksu" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/12/rock-music-faith-misfits-grabbing-the-mic-in-nigeria-clayrocksu"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/music/2025</span><span class="invisible">/aug/12/rock-music-faith-misfits-grabbing-the-mic-in-nigeria-clayrocksu</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a></p>

<p>WurlD – &quot;Outside&quot; Feat. Walshy Fire<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRqVtQRDG-Y" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRqVtQRDG-Y"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRqVtQ</span><span class="invisible">RDG-Y</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dancehall/" rel="tag">#DanceHall</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a></p>

<p>Femi Kuti – One People One World</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/one-people-one-world-femi-kuti/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/one-people-one-world-femi-kuti/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/one-people-o</span><span class="invisible">ne-world-femi-kuti/</span></a></p><p>“One People One World” est un album de Femi Kuti sorti en février 2018.</p><p>&quot;Femi Kuti est le cœur et l’âme de l’Afrobeat moderne.<br>Créé par Fela, l’Afrobeat a poussé plusieurs générations de musiciens à utiliser, au Nigeria et dans le monde, la musique comme arme pour se battre pour la justice et la liberté. […]&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a></p>

<p>Alhaji Ayinla Kollington – Omo Araiye</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/alhaji-ayinla-kollington-omo-araiye/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/alhaji-ayinla-kollington-omo-araiye/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/alhaji-ayinl</span><span class="invisible">a-kollington-omo-araiye/</span></a></p><p>Alhaji Ayinla Kollington is a Nigerian Fuji musician and one of the pioneers of the genre with Yoruba muslim roots.</p><p>Starting in the early 1960’s of Nigeria, a select group of innovators transform the sound of Owambe parties and traditional Were music to create Fuji music, a genre that began as a socio-cultural movement […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/fujimusic/" rel="tag">#FujiMusic</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust/" rel="tag">#Blaugust</a></p>

<p>If you like podcasts, here&#x27;s one for you:</p><p>Fela Kuti: Fear No Man podcast review — epic portrait of the Afrobeat pioneer<br>Wide-ranging new series explores the Nigerian musician’s life, loves and rebel politics<br><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2737c238-9bea-4e2e-a4e1-7d8f943ebd99" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ft.com/content/2737c238-9bea-4e2e-a4e1-7d8f943ebd99"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ft.com/content/2737c238-9b</span><span class="invisible">ea-4e2e-a4e1-7d8f943ebd99</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a></p>

<p>Today makes it 5 Years since the <a href="/tags/lekkimassacre/" rel="tag">#LekkiMassacre</a> in <a href="/tags/lagos/" rel="tag">#Lagos</a>.</p><p>20 10 20</p><p>5 years since the Nigerian Government opened fire at its citizens for protesting against SARS and bad governance at the Lekki toll gate.</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/endsars/" rel="tag">#EndSARS</a></p>

<p>Sauti Sol – Melanin feat. Patoranking</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/sauti-sol-melanin-patoranking/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/sauti-sol-melanin-patoranking/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/sauti-sol-me</span><span class="invisible">lanin-patoranking/</span></a></p><p>“Melanin” is from “Afrikan Sauce“, the fourth studio album by Kenyan band Sauti Sol, and features Patoranking.</p><p>🚨 The single&#x27;s cover, visible inside the post, could be eventually considered <a href="/tags/nsfw/" rel="tag">#NSFW</a></p><p><a href="/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a></p>

<p>Fela Kuti – Open and Close (LP – 1971)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-open-and-close-lp-1971/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-open-and-close-lp-1971/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-op</span><span class="invisible">en-and-close-lp-1971/</span></a></p><p>Fela’s Afrobeat song called Open &amp; Close – a dance choreography with a lot of African vitality. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>Ola Onabulé – What The Heck</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ola-onabule-what-the-heck/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ola-onabule-what-the-heck/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ola-onabule-</span><span class="invisible">what-the-heck/</span></a></p><p>British-Nigerian singer/songwriter Ola Onabulé released his album “Point Less” in 2019, with strong musical and thematic connections to Nigeria, following his critically acclaimed 2015 recording “It’s The Peace That Deafens.”</p><p>Onabulé has built an enviably solid music career through a relentless schedule both in the recording studio and as an international touring performer. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>The Cavemen - Dancing Shoes<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC5K_y0zW0E" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC5K_y0zW0E"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC5K_y</span><span class="invisible">0zW0E</span></a></p><p>The Cavemen is a Lagos based ‘Afrocentric influenced’ band comprising of Kingsley Okorie and his brother, Benjamin James. The band champion a genre called ‘Highlife Fusion’ which is a combination of Highlife, Afrobeat, Jazz and Soul music.</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/highlife/" rel="tag">#Highlife</a></p>

<p>Asa – Murder in the USA</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/asa-murder-usa-lucid/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/asa-murder-usa-lucid/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/asa-murder-u</span><span class="invisible">sa-lucid/</span></a></p><p>Released in 2019, “Lucid” is the fourth studio album by Asa after five years of absence…</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>Obongjayar - Jellyfish<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4wrEB6gFQ8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4wrEB6gFQ8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4wrEB</span><span class="invisible">6gFQ8</span></a></p><p>A hip-hop song over distorted guitars and heavy drums...</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/hiphop/" rel="tag">#HipHop</a></p>

<p>Cobhams Asuquo – The Traffic Song<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZnumkGTc9k" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZnumkGTc9k"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Znumk</span><span class="invisible">GTc9k</span></a></p><p>Lagos is well known for infamous traffic jams, called &quot;Go Slow&quot;.<br>Here&#x27;s a humoristic ballad in Pidgin English...<br>“Dear Lord, dear Lord, deliver man.”</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/piano/" rel="tag">#Piano</a></p>

<p>RIP Sir Victor Uwaifo</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-sir-victor-uwaifo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/rip-sir-victor-uwaifo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/rip-sir-vict</span><span class="invisible">or-uwaifo/</span></a></p><p>One of the true figures of the Nigerian music scene, Sir Victor Uwaifo has been an instantly recognisable figure throughout his five decades in the music industry.</p><p>From his home town of Benin City in Edo State, he mixed the ancient culture of Benin Obas with highlife &amp; a dash of rock and soul to […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/sirvictoruwaifo/" rel="tag">#SirVictorUwaifo</a></p>

<p>Afrobeat by Doba Afolabi</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/afrobeat-by-doba-afolabi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/afrobeat-by-doba-afolabi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/afrobeat-by-</span><span class="invisible">doba-afolabi/</span></a></p><p>Doba Afolabi is a visual artist from Nigeria, who credits his mother, a versatile dancer, as the fundamental force behind his art. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a></p>

<p>Les prophètes oubliés du groove africain</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/prophetes-oublies-groove-africain/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/prophetes-oublies-groove-africain/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/prophetes-ou</span><span class="invisible">blies-groove-africain/</span></a></p><p>Les prophètes oubliés du groove africain : éclipsés par l’ascension de l’astre Fela Kuti, ils ont pourtant fait danser l’Afrique des années funk.</p><p>Ecoutez ce mix sur SoundCloud.</p><p><a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/soundcloud/" rel="tag">#SoundCloud</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/valentine/" rel="tag">#Valentine</a> Special</p><p>Adekunle Gold - Obimo<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuU0pEkrHLI" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuU0pEkrHLI"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuU0pE</span><span class="invisible">krHLI</span></a></p><p>Obimo = My heart in Igbo language</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a></p>

<p>WurlD – Paranoid</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/wurld-paranoid/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/wurld-paranoid/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/wurld-parano</span><span class="invisible">id/</span></a></p><p>“Paranoid” is the fourth video from WurlD’s “Love is Contagious” EP in 2019.</p><p>Love Is Contagious is the second extended play by Nigerian Afro-soul recording artist Wurld.</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>Listen to the Master: Fela Kuti</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/listen-to-the-master-afrobeat-fela-kuti/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/listen-to-the-master-afrobeat-fela-kuti/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/listen-to-th</span><span class="invisible">e-master-afrobeat-fela-kuti/</span></a></p><p>Listen to the Master: a compilation of Afrobeat’s Maverick founder Fela Kuti in 2013 on a carefully curated collection of seminal Classics, “The Best Of The Black President 2“.</p><p>Nigerian icon and Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti passed away in 1997 but his legacy lives on, thanks to his still relevant, forthright political views and […]</p><p><a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a></p>

<p>Patoranking – Wilmer Feat. Bera</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/patoranking-wilmer-bera/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/patoranking-wilmer-bera/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/patoranking-</span><span class="invisible">wilmer-bera/</span></a></p><p>In 2019, Nigerian artist Patoranking released his second album, Wilmer, dedicated to his daughter.</p><p> “Everything changed when I held her in my hands. I remember, I was crying. I’ve never cried like that for the longest.”</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>Babatunde Olatunji</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/babatunde-olatunji/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/babatunde-olatunji/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/babatunde-ol</span><span class="invisible">atunji/</span></a></p><p>Grammy award winning master drummer, educator, and social activist, Babatunde Olatunji influenced everyone from John Coltrane to Spike Lee. He left Nigeria for The United States in 1950.</p><p>Watch this 1 hour instructional video where he explains “African Drumming.” […]</p><p><a href="/tags/drums/" rel="tag">#Drums</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust/" rel="tag">#Blaugust</a></p>

<p>Tony Allen – The Source</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-source/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-source/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-s</span><span class="invisible">ource/</span></a></p><p>Tony Allen passed away on April 30th 2020 in Paris, at the age of 79.Born in Lagos in 1940, Tony Oladipo Allen was a hugely influential musical figure, most notably as the defining rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti’s Africa 70.</p><p>In 2017, he released 2 albums via Blue Note, a tribute EP to Art Blakey and […]</p><p><a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/tonyallen/" rel="tag">#TonyAllen</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="/tags/blaugust/" rel="tag">#Blaugust</a></p>

<p>Nigeria Disco Funk Special</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-disco-funk-special/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-disco-funk-special/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-disc</span><span class="invisible">o-funk-special/</span></a></p><p>“Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79” is a compilation released in 2008.</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/disco/" rel="tag">#Disco</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a></p>