Sorry I was so slow on the uptake identifying this song when N.I.M.M.O. mentioned it in the comments... Of course I remember "Highlife...

American disco music has taken over Africa. During the days of Victor Olaiya, the Uhurus, the Ramblers dance-bands there was jazz music from...

It's not like Sonny was just all anti-apartheid all the time, holy war, Africa for Africans, liberation for the people, fight the power ...

I should probably mention at this juncture that the above photo showing Sonny Okosuns having a larf with Christy Essien-Igbokwe, Jonny Woode...

It was in the 1970s and 80s that Sonny Okosuns achieved his greatest success, forcefully projecting through his music a message of African u...

I've got an elephantine backlog of entries to put up, so I hope I get the chance to post 'em all this week. And of course, we will b...

According to Nigerian gossip blogger Niyi Tabiti , Sonny Okosuns died this morning (apparently at Howard University Hospital in Washington D...

In one of my last posts, I acknowledged that a lot of the Nigerian pop of my youth probably does not travel well (particularly for those who...

This selection was spurred by an observation Undercover Black Man made in the comments earlier this evening regarding the odd title choice ...