Babatunde Olatunji - Oya (Primitive Fire)


Babatunde Olatunji
Song Name: Oya (Primitive Fire)
By: Babatunde Olatunji
Country: Nigeria
Song Local Name: Not available
Album: Drums of Passion
Link to buy: iTunes
Genre: Nigerian traditional music , folk music of Nigeria , Nigerian folk music , djembe
Date Added: 17 Feb 2017
Abtahi
2586 views



submit to reddit
Send us more information about this song

Oya (Primitive Fire) by Babatunde Olatunji is part of folk music tradition in/by Nigeria. Folk Music of Nigeria is traditionally brother to some other region(s) in the world. If you want to listen to song(s) in the same genre or with the same root with Oya (Primitive Fire) (or folk music of Nigeria), other than checking Nigeria you can also check music of Ghana. From the top menu, first choose the desired region and then find the link from the map or country list.

Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist, and recording artist. ~ Wikipedia
Nigerian-born drummer Michael Babatunde Olatunji grew to international fame beginning in the late '50s with his groundbreaking 1959 Capitol Records debut Drums of Passion. The album was a huge hit, remaining in print for decades and standing as one of the first examples of the American record-buying public taking an interest in international music. Jazz kingpin John Coltrane took a particular liking to Olatunji's music, and the two became friends, eventually going so far as to collaborate on the opening of Olatunji's Center for African Culture in Harlem, an institution founded in 1965 to offer classes centered around African culture. ~ Fred Thomas

Song: Oya (Primitive Fire)
Artist: Babatunde Olatunji
Album: Drums of Passion

Related Songs


Sere Fun Mi Baby by Roy Chicago
Best of Afrobeat
Shakara by Fela Kuti
Shakara
Agbe Ko Gbereere Tomi Wa by Alhadji Haruna Ishola
Mary Awolowo
Zombie by Fela Kuti
Zombie



Hide Me