King Sunny Adé - Aura

About this episode

The episode discusses the music and impact of Nigerian jùjú musician King Sunny Adé with guest Marissa Mele.

Guest Marissa Mele returns to the podcast as we discuss Nigerian jùjú musician King Sunny Adé. We look at the origins of his music and explore how this pioneering worldbeat figure found international acclaim in the 1980s. Like what you hear? Sign up at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

People in this episode

Guest: Marissa Mele

Topics covered

• Nigerian music
• jùjú music
• worldbeat
• King Sunny Adé

Keywords

• international acclaim
• 1980s
• music origins

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