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 Music of the Nigerian People Through The Years

 There was no CD, DVD, No Ipods or Ipads, Black or White was the ing of

Colours! The "nl# Visi$le Variant colour is that of Nature! No Phone nu%$ers

to e&change $ut onl# %o%ents to share while listening to '(V() *)((N'

+"N*+!

 To get a feeling of what it feels like to to lie in -./s Nigeria, *et a cop# of

Victor uwaifo/s '0oro%i', listen to it while driing #our olkswagen '$eatles'

car to place of work , dont forget to wear a wig and %ake sure #ou whistle

and nod while #ou drie! Your present da# friends %ight 1nd it funn#, $ut this

what '+W2*' would %ean wa# $ack then!

Music has a wa# of eoking Past Me%or#, To *et the attention of %ost adults

now, 3ust sing a song fro% the 4./s or 5./s, The# i%%ediatel# relate it to an

eent or scenario in the past, %ost ti%es the response is a wide grin or s%ile!

*ie it a Tr#, +ing Dan Mara#a/s ' 3awa$in 2ure' to an 6ausa Man, Chief "sitaosade$e 'osondi owendi' or "lier de Co7ue '2na (nwe o$odo (nwe' to an

ig$o %an , $etter still sing 'Ba$# Mi 3owo' 'o%o wa re so0a' , 'osika g$a$e

ola' of Chief ($ene8er o$e# to a #oru$a %an! These songs share co%%on

features, asides cutting across language $arriers, The +incerit#

l#rical9%essage: content, The su$tlet# of %usical instru%entaton and

richness of sound and %elod# all contri$ute to the reason wh# the songs are

tagged '(V() *)((N'!

 The earliest st#les of Nigerian popular %usic were pal%;wine%usic and high

life! which spread in the <=>./s, In nigeria, pal% wine $eca%e the pri%ar#

$asis for 0u0u, a genre that do%inated popular %usic for %an# #ears!

?ollowing world warII, Nigerian Music started to take on new instru%ent and

techni7ues, including electric instru%ent i%portaed fro% the united states

and europe, )ock N/ roll, +oul and @ater ?unk Beca%e popular in Nigeria and

(le%ents of these genre were 2dded to 3u0u $# artist such as I dairo!

Meanwhile, 6ighlife had $een slowl# gaining popularit# a%ongs the ig$o

people! 2t The sa%e ti%e, 2pala/s 6aruna Ishola was $eco%ing one of the

countr#/s $iggest stars! in the earl# %id; <=4.s, of the $iggest na%es in

nigerian %usic histor# were at their peak, ?(@2 ATI, (B(N(() "B(Y, IN*

+ANNY 2D(, C6I(? "@IV() T6( C"A(, C6I(? "+2D(B(! Traditional +tarsInclude D2N M2)2Y2 who was so well known that he was $rought to the

$attle1eld during the <=-4 Nigerian Ciil War to @ift The %orale of The

?ederal Troops!

"ther 2rtist of the 4.s;5.s include, Victor "lai#a9The onl# nigerian to eer

earn a platinu% )ecord:, Celestine ukwu, "riental Brothers, +unn# "kosun,

Victor Awaifo and "rlando owoh whose distinctice st#le fused 0u0u and hight

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life!

In toda# Nigeria, what we hae is h#$rid genres that are hinged on %usic of

the -./s4.s5.s or an entirel# new st#les fro% outside the shores of the

countr#, especiall# the popular $eat of whi8kid, daido etc which are grafted

fro% the cal#pso $eats of the carri$ean!

+o, If You need a $reak toda#s noise, *ie #ourself so%e -./s Treat! You are

going to feel #oung again!