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Sikiru Ayinde Barrister

Né(e) Sikiru Ayinde Balogun

1948–2010

À propos de Sikiru Ayinde Barrister

Sikiru Ayinde Barrister is credited with creating and naming fuji music, building it from the Ramadan wake-up songs of his youth into a full percussion-driven genre. A prolific bandleader with a commanding voice, he dominated the fuji scene for decades and turned it into one of the most popular styles in southwest Nigeria.