Friday, June 1, 2018

How Koranic Chanting Morphed Into Sizzling Afropop

"Across working-class Muslim neighborhoods in Yorubaland, for nearly 50 years, a high-energy sound has been heard on busy street corners and at parties. Fuji, a raw and percussive musical style, was born out of these communities; a cultural cornerstone adapted by a number of players to a backdrop of a continually shifting Nigeria."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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