King Sunny Ade

King Sunny Adéis a major star in his native Nigeria, where juju is the predominant type of
popular music. Despite its name, the music is nowhere near as turbulent as one might
expect. Certainly there is a wealth of rhythms – three talking drums, congas, bongos – but
the mark of African music is not just fire but smoke. Guitars, voices and drums echo one
another's tone and pulse so as to become indistinguishable; rather than swelteri... More >