Batile or Batili Alake (died 2013) was a prominent Yoruba waka singer. Batile Alake was born in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State. Alhaja Batile Alake died in 2013...
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an Islamic-influenced, traditional Yoruba music style, popularized by Batile Alake; it is a much older genre than jùjú and fuji. When speaking to the News...
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Islamic-oriented Yoruba musical genre. It was made popular by Alhaja Batile Alake from Ijebu, who took the genre into the mainstream Nigerian music by...
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Another popular genre is waka music played and popularized by Alhaja Batile Alake and, more recently, Salawa Abeni, Kuburat Alaragbo, Asanat Omo-Aje, Mujidat...
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Yadav, 89, Indian politician, MP for Saharsa, Bihar MLA for Triveniganj. Batile Alake, 78, Nigerian waka singer. William P. Clark Jr., 81, American civil servant...
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notable Yorùbá language poets and performers, including Odolaye Aremu, Batile Alake, Ogundare Foyanmu, Duro Ladipo, Alabi Ogundepo, and many others, including...
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