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Who was Fela Sowande? The Nigerian composer who brought West African influences into classical music

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Tuesday, 13 October 2020

The composer, full name Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo Sowande, was born in 1905 in Abeokuta near Lagos in Nigeria, and was the son of a priest and champion of Nigerian church music, Emmanuel Sowande.

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