One of the genres of music that has had significant effects on other genres of music among the Yorùbá of southwestern Nigeria is Sakara. Among the practitioners of this genre of music, Yusuf Olátúnjí is unique in terms of the content, the rendition, and the performance of his special brand of music. His precision, snail-paced beats, gripping layouts, eloquent timing, and most importantly his perfect sense of praise-singing his fans are some of the exceptional attributes of Yusuf Olatunji’s brand of Sakara Music For example, while praising one of his…
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