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    The music of Nigeria includes many kinds of folk and popular music. Little of the country's music history prior to European contact has been preserved...
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  • music in Nigeria has enjoyed high levels of popularity since first being introduced to the country in the middle of the 20th century. Within Nigeria,...
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    Nigeria, We Hail Thee is the national anthem of Nigeria. Dating to 1959, the lyrics were written by Lillian Jean Williams and the music was composed by...
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  • Universal Music Group Nigeria (UMGNG) is the West African division of the global record label Universal Music Group. Founded in 2017, it has its corporate...
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    Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea...
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  • the "blind minstrel" Kokoro. Afro-juju is a style of Nigerian popular music, a mixture of jùjú music and Afrobeat. Its most famous exponent was Shina Peters...
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    The culture of Nigeria is shaped by Nigeria's multiple ethnic groups. The country has 527 languages, seven of which are extinct. Nigeria also has over...
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  • Maloya Ma'luf Marabi Marrabenta Mbalax Mbaqanga Mbube Morna Music of Egypt Music of Nigeria Ndombolo Owerri Bongo Ojapiano Palm-wine Raï Rumba Sakara Sega...
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  • Indigenous Nigerian music is the music originating from the various indigenous tribes of Nigeria. It encompasses mainly traditional music styles, although...
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  • This is a list of notable Nigerian highlife musicians arranged in alphabetical order. There are several other genres of music in Nigeria these include...
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  • Fújì is a genre of Yoruba popular music that emerged in Nigeria in the 1960s. It evolved from the improvisational wéré music also known as ajísari (meaning...
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  • This is a list of Nigerian musicians. Only notable individuals are included here; for groups, see List of Nigerian musical groups. Names are to be arranged...
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  • Apala (category Music of Nigeria)
    Apala (or akpala) is a music genre originally developed by the Yoruba people of Nigeria, during the country's history as a colony of the British Empire....
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  • Nigerian reggae is a style of raggae-fusion that evolved in the late 1960s, and later became a major part of the music of Nigeria, especially after the...
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  • This is a list of radio stations in Nigeria organized by frequency and location. 87.9 – Best Afro FM 88.9 – Brila FM 90.3 – Central FM 90.9 – Max FM 92...
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    Fela Kuti (redirect from Nigeria '70)
    August 1997) was a Nigerian musician and political activist. He is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines...
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    Igbo music (Igbo: Egwu nkwa ndi Igbo) is the music of the Igbo people, who are indigenous to the southeastern part of Nigeria. The Igbo traditionally rely...
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  • MohBad (category Use Nigerian English from October 2023)
    State, Nigeria. During his early childhood and adolescence years, MohBad seemed to be "hugely talented and in tune with the very spirit of music". MohBad...
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    Virgin Music Nigeria, and named Olukorede “Kay” Ikazoboh, founder of Kimani Moore Entertainment, head of Virgin Music operations in the Nigeria market...
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    The history of Nigeria can be traced to the earliest inhabitants whose remains date from at least 13,000 BC through early civilizations such as the Nok...
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    Lagos (redirect from Music of Lagos)
    metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimate of 21 million, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban...
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  • SHiiKANE Trybesmen Twins Affair Wunmi Nigeria portal Category:Nigerian musical groups Category:Nigerian record labels Category:Music festivals in Nigeria...
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  • Festivals in Nigeria, some of which dates back to the period before the arrival of the major religions in her ethnically and culturally diverse society...
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    spoken in Nigeria. The official language and most widely spoken lingua franca is English, which was the language of Colonial Nigeria. Nigerian Pidgin –...
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    The economy of Nigeria is a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market with expanding manufacturing, financial, service, communications, technology...
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  • The words were put to music by the Nigerian Police Band under the directorship of Benedict P. Odiase (1934–2013). The Nigerian national anthem lyrics...
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  • Were music (Yoruba: Wéré) is a Yoruba music, which, like ajisari, is a way of using music to arouse the Islamic faithful to pray and feast during Ramadan...
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    Majek Fashek (category 20th-century Nigerian male actors)
    a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His 1988 album Prisoner of Conscience included the single "Send Down the Rain", which won six PMAN Music Awards...
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  • Alhaja Batile Alake from Ijebu, who took the genre into the mainstream Nigerian music by playing it at concerts and parties; also, she was the first waka...
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  • On 12 September 2023, Nigerian musician MohBad died in Lagos, at the age of 27. The nurse who administered a Tetanus vaccine on him, was arrested and...
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