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| Origin | Lagos, Nigeria |
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Bola Abimbola (born c. 1968) is a Nigerian vocalist, recording artist, and record producer from Lagos, Nigeria. [1] [2]
Bola Abimbola | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1968 (age 54–55) |
| Origin | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Occupation(s) |
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Bola Abimbola (born c. 1968) is a Nigerian vocalist, recording artist, and record producer from Lagos, Nigeria. [1] [2]
Abimbola's career in music began at the age of nineteen with his first recording, Silifa Bamijo, which featured a Yoruba-language version of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough".
Abimbola has toured and recorded as a solo artist, as well as with King Sunny Adé, [3] Sikiru Adepoju, [4] and Giovanni Hidalgo.
He received two Nigerian "Fame" awards in 1998 - "Best Video" and "Artist of the Year".
The music of Nigeria includes many kinds of folk and popular music, styles of folk music are related to the multitudes of ethnic groups in the country, each with their own techniques, instruments, and songs. Little is known about the country's music history prior to European contact, although bronze carvings dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries have been found depicting musicians and their instruments. The country's most internationally renowned genres are Indigenous, Apala, Ogene, Fuji, Jùjú, Afrobeat, Afrobeats, Igbo Highlife, Afro-juju, Waka, Igbo rap, Gospel, Yo-pop. Although Nigeria have over 250 ethnic groups but the largest ethnic groups are the Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. Traditional music from Nigeria and throughout Africa is almost always functional; in other words, it is performed to mark a ritual such as the wedding or funeral and not to achieve artistic goals. Although some Nigerians, especially children and the elderly, play instruments for their own amusement, solo performance is otherwise rare. Music is closely linked to agriculture, and there are restrictions on, for example, which instruments can be played during different parts of the planting season.
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