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Fela in performance (1971) Fela in performance (1971)
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 464 seconds

rare early footage (shot by Ginger Baker) featuring Fela & Afrika 70 performing in the rainy southeastern town of Calabar, shortly after the the Nigerian civil war

Related: afrobeat, fela, nigeria

Zule-Zoo \"Necessary\" Zule-Zoo "Necessary"
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 409 seconds

A motorcycle. A construction site. A girl. Enough to make a great music video for Nigerian pop music weirdos Zule-Zoo!

Related: music, necessary, nigeria, zoo, zule

Sonny Okosun - Power To The People Sonny Okosun - Power To The People
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 378 seconds

Nigerian pop star Sonny Okosun captured at the height of his popularity as he works on his 1979 album, Power To The People

Related: afrobeat, music, nigeria, okosun, okosuns, sonny

Seun Kuti - \ Seun Kuti - 'Colonial Mentality'
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 219 seconds

Seun Anikulapo-Kuti performs "Colonial Mentality" at a 2005 Fela tribute concert.

Related: afrobeat, allen, fela, kuti, nigeria, seun, tony

The Oriental Brothers in performance The Oriental Brothers in performance
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 181 seconds

Nigerian highlife band The Oriental Brothers play their lilting highlife at a party, circa 1980.

Related: brothers, highlife, kabaka, nigeria, oriental, warrior

Fela on music and politricks Fela on music and politricks
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 230 seconds

Fela expresses his views on the role of music in modern African society and previews his new tune "Shuffering and Shmiling"

Related: africa, afrobeat, fela, femi, kuti, music, nigeria

I.K. Dairo MBE I.K. Dairo MBE
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Video duration: 224 seconds

The late, great Isaiah Kehinde Dairo, MBE.

Related: afrobeat, dairo, ik, juju, music, nigeria

Fela\ Fela's Afrika Shrine
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 152 seconds

Fela's legendary nightspot, circa the early 1980s

Related: africa, afrobeat, fela, kuti, music, nigeria

The Lijadu Sisters in rehearsal and conversation The Lijadu Sisters in rehearsal and conversation
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 266 seconds

Twin singers Taiwo and Kehinde Lijadu work out a number for a new album and discuss their experience as female artists in the Nigerian music industry. (circa 1979/80)

Related: afrobeat, lijadu, music, nigeria, sisters, twins

Area Scatter Area Scatter
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 209 seconds

Igbo transvestite performer does that thing he does, playing a thumb piano.

Related: area, drag, music, nigeria, scatter

Yinka Davies in Performance Yinka Davies in Performance
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 315 seconds

Nigerian soul-jazz diva Yinka Davies delivers a cool song in Yoruba

Related: davies, jazz, neo-soul, nigerian, soul, yinka

Lijadu Sisters in the studio Lijadu Sisters in the studio
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 114 seconds

The Lijadu Sisters record an album with producer Odion Iruoje in Decca Studios, Lagos

Related: afrobeat, lijadu, music, nigeria, sisters, twins

Ginger Baker & Salt Ginger Baker & Salt
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 106 seconds

Ginger Baker jams with members of his Afro-rock band Salt in Lagos, Nigeria (1971)

Related: afrobeat, baker, ginger, nigeria, salt

Segun Bucknor & the Sweet Things (1971) Segun Bucknor & the Sweet Things (1971)
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 101 seconds

Afro-Soul pioneer Segun Bucknor (shown behind the organ, in the green vest) gets down - or rather, he really leaves the getting down to his dancers, the Sweet Things! (courtesy of Ginger Baker)

Related: afrobeat, bucknor, fela, nigeria, segun, soul

Segun Bucknor & the Sweet Things (Part 2) Segun Bucknor & the Sweet Things (Part 2)
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 76 seconds

more explosive Afro-Soul with Brother Bucknor, the Revolution and those sweet Sweet Things

Related: afrobeat, bucknor, fela, nigeria, segun, soul

Ginger Baker & Salt, featuring the Lijadu Sisters Ginger Baker & Salt, featuring the Lijadu Sisters
Posted by: oronbaba

Video duration: 24 seconds

Twin sisters Taiwo and Kehinde Lijadu front Ginger Baker's Afro-rock band Salt.

Related: afrobeat, baker, ginger, lijadu, nigeria, salt, sisters