As a Hip-hop junkie, I find it funny when my own people tell me I am not real Hip Hop because I do not sag, never been to jail and wear a suit, yet the only hip-hop artists they know are the ones who are currently charted...wow!.
Music & The Arts
This Hip-hop thing.
Nollywood - Social Responsibility & Country Image
I am in awe of an industry with such far-reaching influences and impact as Nollywood. I admire any platform which emerges out of Nigeria and has the ability to influence culture and society while giving utmost visibility to the country.
WANTED: Young Rebels with a Cause.
"Young artists in a new nation that is what we are! We must grow with the new Nigeria and work to satisfy her traditional love for art or perish with our colonial past".
Goodnight: Michael Babatunde Olatunji – Nigerian & Master of the Drums
I first met Michael Babatunde Olatunji as a young undergraduate in 1978 or there about at the University of Ife.
I remember Fela Sowande - Nigerian, the Sagacious Composer and Musician
As March 13 approaches, I remember Fela Sowande, who left us twenty three years ago to the day.
INTERVIEW: Dr Paul Konye - Nigerian, Violinist, Conductor & Composer.
Feyi Raimi-Abraham interviews Dr Paul Konye, Nigerian Violinist, Conductor, Composer and Associate Professor of Music – Siena College, New York
Goodnight, Oladipupo ‘Ambrose’ Adekoya Campbell – Pioneer of Black British Music
In the wake of Black History month in the UK, I remember one who deserves to be acknowledged as a pioneer in his own right.
