Lagos Roots: Fuji, Juju, and Apala
About this episode
The episode explores the vibrant roots music scene in Lagos, focusing on fuji, juju, and apala styles and their cultural significance.
Beneath the gloss of Nigeria’s contemporary pop, older roots styles, mostly derived from Yoruba tradition, still thrive. In this program, we meet four top stars of fuji music, the percussion-driven, message-heavy, and occasionally profane trance music that animates weddings and parties on a daily basis in hidden corners of Lagos. Rival “kings” K1 da Ultimate and Saheed Osupa, and a rare woman of fuji, Salawa Abeni, take us inside the rough and tumble of an exciting musical subculture little known outside Nigeria. We also meet juju legend Shina Peters, meet up-and-comers on the Lagos roots scene. This program fills out our Hip Deep portrait of a vibrant African city where music holds the keys to a tumultuous collision of cultures and peoples. Produced by Banning Eyre. APWW #763
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Host: Afropop Worldwide
Guests: K1 da Ultimate, Saheed Osupa, Salawa Abeni, Shina Peters
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Places: Lagos, Nigeria
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