LATEEF ADEDIMEJI PERFORMS AYINLA OMOWURA SONGS AT MALAIKA 50TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION PARTY | City Edge TV Reels

LATE AYINLA OMOWURA Waidi Ayinla Yusuf Gbogbolowo better known as Ayinla Omowura was a Nigerian Apala musician born in Itoko, Abeokuta in 1933. He did not have formal education and started out working at his father's smithy but left and went on to working several jobs as a driver, butcher, carpenter and bus park boy. He was however discovered by Adewole Alao Oniluola, who later became his lead drummer and started an apprenticeship in Olalomi, an Apala variant. Despite being unlettered, Omowura w

Festus Adedayo, journalist, political scientist and author, takes us deep into the vibrant, turbulent world of Ayinla Omowura, the Apala music legend whose life was as unforgettable as his music. Based on his 537-page biography, Ayinla Omowura: Life and Times of an Apala Legend, Adedayo chronicles the rise and tragic fall of one of the most original Yoruba musicians to emerge from post-colonial Nigeria. Full video: https://youtu.be/wYyWl-t3e9c?si=PUfbkkxeRatEbZG7 | Edmund Obilo