Super Afro Soul: the music of Orlando Julius, titan of Nigerian music - The Conversation Indonesia

The Afrobeat star used music to promote and preserve his Yoruba culture - while entertaining diverse global influences.

Highlife crooner and Afrobeat singer Orlando Julius Aremu Olusanya Ekemode died, according to his wife Latoya Aduke, in his sleep on 15 April 2022. A titan of Nigerian highlife had passed on at 79.… [+4441 chars]

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