Nigerian organist and composer, Fela Sowande was called the “father” of Nigerian art music

Fela Sowande, father of Nigerian art music Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo “Fela” Sowande (29 May 1905 – 13 March 1987) was a Nigerian musician and European classical composer. Considered the father of modern Nigerian art music, Sowande is perhaps the most internationally known African composer of works in the European “classical” idiom   Sowande was born in Abeokuta, near Lagos, the son […]

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