King Sonnie Ade Archives - African Research Consult http://african-research.com/tag/king-sonnie-ade/ Your #1 Educational center Thu, 07 May 2020 23:11:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/african-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-AREC.png?fit=32%2C32 King Sonnie Ade Archives - African Research Consult http://african-research.com/tag/king-sonnie-ade/ 32 32 194781668 King Sunny Ade: Nigerian Music Superstar and Originator of “Juju Music” http://african-research.com/research/music/king-sunny-ade-nigerian-music-superstar-and-originator-of-juju-music/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=king-sunny-ade-nigerian-music-superstar-and-originator-of-juju-music http://african-research.com/research/music/king-sunny-ade-nigerian-music-superstar-and-originator-of-juju-music/#respond Tue, 05 May 2020 10:35:24 +0000 http://african-research.com/?p=1002 Born Sunday Adeniyi, King Sunny Ade has been perfecting his Nigerian juju beats for decades. By now, he’s achieved legendary status: Some know him as the African Bob Marley. The son of a church organist, Ade knew from a young age that music was his life’s passion. He left grammar school in the 1960s, started [...]

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]]> http://african-research.com/research/music/king-sunny-ade-nigerian-music-superstar-and-originator-of-juju-music/feed/ 0 1002 History of Highlife Music in West Africa: The Genesis http://african-research.com/research/music/history-of-highlife-music-in-west-africa-the-genesis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=history-of-highlife-music-in-west-africa-the-genesis http://african-research.com/research/music/history-of-highlife-music-in-west-africa-the-genesis/#respond Sat, 02 May 2020 19:23:23 +0000 http://african-research.com/?p=917 Part of what makes highlife a unique musical genre is its method of melding traditional and contemporary sounds from all corners of Africa and the world. When highlife began to gain momentum in the early 1900s, it was known for incorporating foreign guitar techniques, creating layers of sound and cultural fusion on top of existing [...]

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