Alamu Atatalo was a pioneer of
sekere, a type of
traditional
A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or ...
Yoruba
The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...
music. A native of
Ibadan, he was popular in
Yorubaland throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. By the middle of the 1960s, however, his popularity began to wane when he was incriminated, in a criminal frame-up, by his detractors. As a result, he struggled relentlessly, for more than a decade, to clear his name. Ultimately, he bounced back and reclaimed his position as the "king of
sekere" in the mid-70s by releasing several hit
LP records
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. His version of
sekere music and
Alhaji Dauda Epo-Akara
Dauda Akanmu Epo-Akara (23 June 1943 – August 2005), a Yoruba musician from the historical city of Ibadan, was the main force behind the popular Yoruba music genre called were music
Were music () is an indigenous Yoruba music, which, like ...
's
were music dominated the
Ibadan party scenes until the advent of Alhaji
Sikiru Ayinde Barrister's
fuji music.
Yoruba musicians
Nigerian male musicians
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Musicians from Ibadan
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