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Description of Juju

 
Juju shares with Highlife an antecedent in West African palm-wine music and a dance hall presence, but it was brewed in the Yoruban region of Lagos in western Nigeria (with Highlife taking hold in the east and in Ghana) and it has recently become much more elaborate in production. Guitar melodies bubble over rumbling percussion, with periodic "conversations" between talking drums and the chatter of other indigenous percussion.
 

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Juju Key Artists

 
Ebenezer Obey

Nearly Nigeria's crowned
head of Juju, Obey cedes
the title to King Sunny Ade,
though his talent is just as
gargantuan.

King Sunny Ade

Nigeria's king of Juju music,
King Sunny Ade was born
into royalty but chose the
life of a pop star. Ade is
hugely involved in Nigeria...

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