NIGERIA – NIGÉRIA Yusufu Olatunji & His Group – Vol. 24 – Zareco ORSL 1717

NIGERIA – NIGÉRIA

Yusufu Olatunji & His Group – Vol. 24 – Zareco ORSL 1717, released 1976 (LP)

We now highlight another great album by Sakara singer and goje violin player Yusufu Olatunji (1909-1978), one of the finest African traditional artists ever recorded. Sakara music is a deep Yoruba traditional genre tinged with Arab-Islamic influences here featuring male voices, percussion accompanying the great master’s singing and goje playing. This brilliant slow-moving flow of delicate, complex and majestic music radiates peace, fire and lofty dignity.

Nous présentons maintenant un nouvel album magnifique du chanteur et joueur de violon goje Yusufu Olatunji (1909-1978), un artiste traditionnel africain majeur. La musique Sakara est un genre traditionnel yoruba teinté d’influences arabo-islamiques avec des voix d’hommes et des percussions accompagnant la voix et le jeu de violon goje du grand maître. Ce flux sonore complexe, brillant et délicat rayonne de paix, de feu et de noble plénitude.

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Many thanks to Joāo for sharing this rare record and Nuno for helping with the visuals here.

Our other Yusufu Olatunji Sakara posts:

Yusufu Olatunji & His Group - Vol. 17 – Philips PL 636 1050 here

Yusufu Olatunji & His Group - Vol. 20 – ORSL 1708 here

Yusufu Olatunji & His Group - Vol. 18 – ORSL 1706 here 

Photographs below are from Heroic Africans – Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures by Alysa LaGamma, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011:

Yoruba terracotta heads, Iwinrin Grove, Ife, Nigeria, c. 1931:

Yoruba terracotta head, Ife, Nigeria, 12th-15th century:

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