Life And Works Of Nigerian Art Composers
Life and Works Of Nigerian Art Composers Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo "Fela" Sowande Born 29 May 1905 Location of Birth Abeokuta, Nigeria Died 13 March 1987 (aged 81) Nationality Nigerian Occupation Musician and composer Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo "Fela" Sowande MBE (29 May 1905 – 13 March 1987) was a Nigerian musician and composer. Considered the father of modern Nigerian art music, Sowande is perhaps the most internationally known African composer of works in the European "classical" idiom. BIOGRAPHY Sowande was born in Abeokuta, near Lagos, the son of Emmanuel Sowande, a priest and pioneer of Nigerian church music. As a child he sang in the Choir of the Cathedral Church of Christ. He studied at the C.M.S. Grammar School and at King's College, Lagos.[2] The influence of his father and Dr T. K. Ekundayo Phillips
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