Atawewe biography books
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Osakwe’s clients see her clothes as an illicit escape, intimidating but inviting.Photograph by Lakin Ogunbanwo for The New Yorker
On Saturday night in Lagos, Nigeria, women are restless with anticipation. On the mainland, where slums built atop landfills run into middle-class housing estates, a young hair stylist is putting on makeup and taming her mane of extensions, getting ready to meet her older boyfriend for drinks. On the island in the city’s center, where wealth and political power are concentrated, a twentysomething ad executive in a clingy dress is going with her friends to a club; if she doesn’t find a man she likes, she’ll text a friend, who is rich and good-looking, though not ready to settle down. The fact that there is church tomorrow is barely in the back of their minds. A decade ago, they would have been expected to attend services regularly, to dress conservatively, and to save their virginity for their husbands. They are still expected to convey the appearance
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If you take time to ask, apostles of the hip hop culture would happily tell you that the past few years have been particularly kind to the radical culture and its half a dozen elements. Ask, and they’ll be quick to tell you that rap patronage is at an all-time high, that gone are the days when labels told wannabes to sound like Daniel Wilson or Dayo Kujore. These days, almost no label wants to touch you if you can’t sing what they perceive hip hop. While these ‘heads’ may be right to a great extent, what they fail to realise, is that, Fuji, a distant cousin of rap, though fully home grown, is witnessing as much boom. Like rap, Fuji thrives on impeccable rhythm and poetry, with an unflinching street credibility, and a times, thuggish image. The genre is a predominantly Yoruba art form which emanated from early morning Islamic chants, popularly called were (sung to alert Moslems to early morning prayers, especially during fasting periods). Initially propagated
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Fuji music
Music genre
Fújì is a genre of Yoruba popular music that emerged in Nigeria in the 1960s. It evolved from the improvisational wéré music also known as ajísari (meaning "waking up for sari", performed to awaken Muslims before dawn during the fasting årstid of Ramadan. Fuji music was named after the Japanese stratovolcano-mountain, Mount Fuji by Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister (pioneer of wéré). It features energetic beats, diverse Yoruba rhythms, and call-and-response vocals. Fuji's influence extends into contemporary music, with its hooks and rhythms frequently appearing in Nigerian hip hop.[1]
In February 2024, professor and filmskapare Saheed Aderinto released the first episode of The Fuji Documentary titled "Mr. Fuji: Barry Wonder" which chronicles the story of Fuji music creator Sikiru Ayinde Barrister.[2][3]
Etymology
[edit]Sikiru Ololade Ayinde Balogun Barrister significantly popularized wéré music during the 1950s and 1960s and