Jùjú music
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| Stylistic origins | Yoruba music |
| Cultural origins | 1900s in Nigeria |
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Jùjú is a style of
Some juju musicians were itinerant, including early pioneers Ojoge Daniel, Irewole Denge and the "blind minstrel" Kokoro.[1]
Afro-juju is a style of Nigerian popular music, a mixture of jùjú music and Afrobeat. Its most famous exponent was Shina Peters, who was so popular that the press called the phenomenon "Shinamania". Afro-juju's peak of popularity came in the early 1990s.
History
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Performance venue
Jùjú music is performed primarily by artists from the southwestern region of Nigeria, where the Yoruba are the most numerous ethnic group.[3] In performance, audience members commonly shower jùjú musicians with paper money; this tradition is known as "spraying". Shina Peters was awarded in 1990, but he was panned by music critics.[4]
Music researcher Christpher Alan Waterman said that one of the centers of the performance of jùjú music is in Ibadan.[5] Most jùjú musicians are based in the zone of market forces. There are several contexts in which jùjú music is performed. Music was performed at hotels, nightclub, and university. The Hotels serve music halls and dance halls also. Most activity takes place after nine p.m., and the hotels are the center of Ibadan's economic structure.
Another context in which jùjú music is played is at celebrations called àríyá. King Sunny Adé performed at àríyá with his socio aesthetics.[6] These celebrations are parties which celebrate the naming of a baby, weddings, birthdays, funerals, title-taking, ceremonies and the launching of new property or business enterprises. Live music is crucial to the proper functioning of an àríyá.
See also
References
- ISBN 0-313-31338-5.
- ^ "King Sunny Ade: Juju legend launches radio station". Pulse News. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- S2CID 143058809.
- ^ Graham, pgs. 592–593 Graham describes the origins of Peters' Afro-juju, the importance of Afro-Juju Series 1, the term Shinamania and the critical and commercial performance of Shinamania
- ^ Juju, Christpher A. Waterman Retrieved 26 December 2020
- ^ King Sunny Ade ariya Retrieved 26 January 2021
External links
- King Sunny Ade interview by Jason Gross from Perfect Sound Forever site (June 1998)
- "Sparkling Prince of Juju Music Called Ludare", Thisday, October 2016
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