Nigeria: 100 years of pop music

In 1922 Rev Josiah Ransome-Kuti – grandfather of music icon Fela Kuti – recorded the first Nigerian record – something that could be regarded as the first effort of popularising Nigerian music, writes Chijioke Ngobili from University of Nigeria. The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early months of 2020 shut down nearly all physical … Fortsätt läsa Nigeria: 100 years of pop music