She went on to regale me with the story of the epic battle between the business partners. Benson idonije, a leading music journalist and a nonyoruba speaker, had this to say after requesting to witness an ayinla omowura recording session at. In the late 1970s kollington refined his sound by adding bata drums, changed the bands name to fuji 78, and with his politically sharper lyrics he soon was challenging barrister as top fujidog in. It is a percussionbased style that originated in the late 1930s. Ayinla omowuras death taught others who are coming behind to take life slowly, learn to forgive and allow things slide. Sule epo, one of epo akaras band boys, whose stage name was oyinmiyinmi, in an interview, described this as mere rumour and indeed, baseless. For years, i was haunted by ayinla omowura and his magic ring that must not come in contact. Before he became a professional musician, he was a motorboy and later a driver. In the foreword, justice olubunmi oyewole of the court of appeal, enugu divisi. That was the title of the legendary bashorun oluyole who was the paramount chief of ibadan in 1850. Read ayinla omowuras bio and find out more about ayinla omowuras songs, albums, and chart history.
Egbaland, may 6 and ayinla omowura in a couple of months time, specifically on may 6, 2020, it will be 40 years since the death of that iconic apala music genre singer, ayinla omowura. History get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news. It was also the title of bashorun ogunmola who reigned between 1865 and 1867. Department of history and diplomatic studies, olabisi onabanjo university. On may 6, 1980, leader of a yoruba genre of music called apala, which had quite a sizeable number of cultic following, was stabbed to death on the head with a beer glass cup in a barroom brawl at itoko, abeokuta. Pdf ethical reorientation in ayinla omowura music researchgate.
With echoes across the niger akinsola engages history in. This article itself grew out of a paper titled ayinla omowuras music as journalism and premised on an unpublished academic study showing every lp released by the late egba born musician. He had a legendary reputation for not writing his songs down. How i helped discover ayinla omowura, 88yearold apala. Life and times of an apala legend which will be on sale from may 6, 2020, i sought to take the wind off the sail of this allegation. Before now, it was coasting home to victory as the most supine legislature in nigerias recent history, especially with its leaders effeminate claim that parliament would rubberstamp every leaflet with presidencys imprimatur, including any trashreceptacle from president muhammadu buharis lavatory. History has always had it that ayinla omowura was born in the 1930s. Example of ayinla omowuras music sekinat adebusola lasisi mrs. It is often said that the ordinary man or woman on the street hardly has a voice, to state his or her case. How i helped discover ayinla omowura, 88yearold apala drummer. It is situated on the east bank of the ogun river, near a group of rocky outcrops in a wooded savanna. Well, according to anti wura, ayinla omowura had a ring which he wore.
Between the mid70s and late 80s, kollington ranked with barrister as the leading star of nigerian fuji music like apala and waka, a muslimdominated relation of juju, retaining that styles vocal and percussion ingredients. The mysterious murder of a maverick musician the untold. Festus adedayo an upcoming book on the life and times of popular music icon,late ayinla omowura in the last one year or so, this writer had been researching into the life and times of egbaborn yoruba apala music maestro, waidi ayinla yusuf, also known as omowura, the son of yesufu gbogbolowo, a. What brought this hypothesis was the clash among the musical family of late ayinla omowura, yoruba apala music genre lord, which i dissected in my forthcoming book, ayinla omowura. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. The untold story of musical legend, haruna ishola by. Did ayinla omowura kill epo akaras band members in 1975. African music, speech codes theory, ayinla omowura, indigenous communication forms 2. Ayinla omowura was murdered in a beer parlour, that he was killed by a man after hitting him on the head with a bottle of beer, another elderly man also added that ayinla omowura used to wear a ring on one finger on his right hand and that the ring mustnt get to touch blood that after he was hit by the bottle of beer he placed his hand on. Traditional music in nigeria example of ayinla omowuras music. Absentee president in a season of coronavirus by festus. If you bring me half a million asking me to praise you in my record, i would still investigate your background, and if i find you are not straight, i wont have anything to do with you. What brought this hypothesis was the clash among the musical family of late ayinla omowura, yoruba apala music genre lord, which i dissected in my forthcoming book.
Why buhari should not resign by festus adedayo gossip naija. In a couple of months time, specifically on may 6, it will be 40 years since the death of the iconic apala music singer, ayinla omowura. The rhythms of apala grew more complex over time, influenced by cuban music and eventually became quite popular in kannada. For 45 years now, a subsisting rumour has circulated in the yoruba music world, gaining the currency of reality everyday. The book discusses the music and traditional life of the yoruba part. Put differently, are drummed lyrics which damage the reputation of the victim actionable. Department of history and diplomatic studies, olabisi onabanjo university, p.
Absentee president in a season of coronavirus, by festus. Traditional music in nigeria example of ayinla omowuras. It was therefore historic that exactly 120 years after the death of ogunmola, mko abiola became the fourth person to be conferred with the prestigious title. The biography of ayinla kollington age, life profile. I dont sing for crooks or people of shady character. One of the members of the musical crew of ayinla omowura, the late yoruba musician who sang a genre known as apala, has narrated how the band was formed. Ayinla omowura agbo ma yeti lorin tiwa egbe basiri ni sango by groovemonzter. As usual, and as she did in the case of king sunny ade and the story of ayinla omowura, anti wura added spices and other condiments to the story. In the process of trying to take on the role of vanguard of the masses voice, politics usually comes into play.
Shop for vinyl, cds and more from ayinla omowura at the discogs marketplace. Ayinla kollington born 1953 is a nigerian singer who was born in ibadan, nigeria, ranks second to barrister in fuji popularity. The mysterious murder of a maverick musician the untold story of the death of ayinla omowura it was from anti wura, buroda alanis third wife, that i first heard how ayinla omowura died. An absentee president in a season of coronavirus, by. Traditional music in nigeria example of ayinla omowuras music 1. Absentee president in a season of coronavirus thecable. His musical career took root when he started with a brand of music calledolalomi in the early 50s. In the decades leading up to nigerian independence in 1960, apala music developed when amateur musicians would play to arouse the faithful after the long fast of ramadan. Apala or akpala is a music genre originally developed by the yoruba people of nigeria, during the countrys history as a.
Suffice it to say that in the book, history takes wing and flies, leaving his narratives to become animated. Ayinla omowura had just finished composing another blockbuster album in his head. I have just completed a more than 500 pages book on the late musician, killed in a publish brawl, titled ayinla omowura. Based on this line of inquiry, this paper explores ethical communication themes and the functions they perform in ayinla omowura music by analysing the late musicians purposively selected song. One is ayinla omowura he woiuld be the stones, because his voice is more rough and the other one is alhajji haruna ishola. Ayinla waidi omowura, son of yusuff gbogbolowo the blacksmith and wuramontu morenike, had finally been killed by the scary black club of death which he had sang sarcastically about in two previous vinyls he did before his death. In a couple of months time, specifically on may 6, 2020, it will be 40 years since the death of that iconic apala music genre singer, ayinla omowura. Apala news newspapers books scholar jstor september 2008 learn how and when to. It took a few weeks after before fans could come to terms with the departure of a man who to some was the enfant terrible of apala music. Abba kyaris death and koronu people in covid19 nigeria. Should we hang abba kyari on the crucifix or beatify him. One of the members of the musical crew of ayinla omowura, the late yoruba musician who sang a genre known as apala, has narrated how. Apala or akpala is a music genre originally developed by the yoruba people of nigeria, during the countrys history as a colony of the british empire.
Abeokuta brief history abeokuta is the largest city and state capital of ogun state in southwest nigeria. Can you make an history book out of all these stories. Omowuras children i interviewed for my book were full of profuse praises for this past government in ogun. The nigerian parliament regained its balls last week. Egbaland, may 6 and ayinla omowura in a couple of months time, specifically on may 6, 2020, it will be 40 years since the death of that. Exgovernor ibikunle amosun of ogun state changed the face of omowuras home in itoko, probably an acknowledgment of how he put egbaland and ogun state on the map of world musical history. The mysterious murder of a maverick musician onigegewura. Having been a journalist for close to three decades now and one who takes special delight in the laws of defamation, whether or not a talking drums bilious defamation is actionable has posed a mental dilemma to me.