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Ify Jerry Crusade Ezuku Buzo - Bola Johnson & His Easy Life Top Beats Onyame - Ashanti Afrika Jah Aiye Le - Olufemi Ajasa & His New Nigerian Bros Eddie Quansa - Peacocks Guitar Band African Dialects - Peter King Igbehin Lalayo Nta - Dynamic Africana Africa Irie - Chief Checker Tete Muo Bu Muo - Tony Tete Harbor / The Star Heaters of Nigeria Listen Listen Tug Of War - The Faces Wetin De Watch Goat Goat Dey Watcham - Eric 'Showboy' Akaeze & His Royal Ericos Hot Tears - The Immortals You Are My Heart - Rex Williams Dododo (Ekassa No. 1) - Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestros Happy Survival - Eddie Okwedy
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Advantages: Bubbling city, pleasant places of interest Disadvantages: Traffic Jams, over populated, police!!!
It will be quite a challenge writing about this wonderful city, having lived there for many years. A very fast paced city it is and you certainly have to be tough and resilient to survive here.
Lagos was formerly the capital of Nigeria, which happens to be the most populated country in the whole of Africa. It is even said that one in every black person is a Nigerian. During the Military rule in the 80;s though, the capital was moved to Abuja, much further inland. Lagos is by the Atlantic ocean, on the south west of the country.
As any big metroplex would, it boasts of its highways, fly-overs, bridges, skyscrapers and the like. It has a population of perhaps 10million; perhaps because no one really knows the population. It tends to be more expensive than other parts of the country but virtually any large corporation that has any ...
Essential Afroboeat is essential if you are in any way interested in Afrobeat music. The CD sleeve notes bake a somewhat bold claim. "This is Afrobeat: The past, the present and the future. Contributions to this compilation come from all the corners of the Earth, with influences from every culture of the world. Fela said that Africa was "The centre of the world." This compilation has proved him right: Afrobeat is afrian and Africa is at the centre. The contribution of each artist to this compilation is testimony to the fact that Afrobeat is universal."
But are these sleeve notes right? Yeah. I guess they are, pretty much. There's a glittering array of some of the best of the most talented musicians from Africa. There's Fela Kuti himself, with his super-eclectic style, which combines elements of R&B, Reggae, Ska and some hard pushing ...
Advantages: CLEAN, LOW CRIME, GOOD TOURIST ATTRACTION, STATE OF THE ART INFRASTRUCTURE Disadvantages: RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE AND A DEVELOPING ENETERTAINMENT SCENE
ABJ as the city is fondly called is the new and improved ?Lagos ?of Nigeria. ?Lagos? in the sense that it is the centre of all the hustle and bustle of Nigeria, in other words thee heart beat of the country.
However things are slowly changing as the not so new capital of Nigeria is becoming a force to be reckoned with.
Located in the centre of the country?s Middle Belt, Abuja is covered mainly with savannah grassland but there are patches of rainforest. There are two seasons, the hot and dry harmattan (November to March) and the rainy season (April to October). The weather is a bit peculiar as there have been hailstorms and extremities of temperatures within the same day; boiling hot in the day and very cold in the night almost like a desert. The weather can change at the drop of a hat.
The city is clean and not as densely ...
dabellaq 20.07.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Abuja (Nigeria)
Liner Note Author: Max Reinhardt. Nigeria in the 1970's was a hotbed for a myriad of musical movements and hybrids. Asserting its fiercely independent spirit in the wake of colonial rule, the music centered on the country's largest metropolis, Lagos, grew to be as diverse as that of any major city in Europe or the U.S.A. Continuing the Strut label's series of Nigeria-focused compilations, NIGERIA 70 LAGOS JUMP: ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT AFROBEAT HIGHLIFE & AFRO PUNK unearths lesser-known musicians, many of whom continue to toil in the shadow of the larger-than-life figurehead of Afro-beat, Fela Kuti. While homegrown styles are represented (as in the upbeat juju of Sir Shina Peters), many of the most memorable cuts represent distinctly western-influenced fusions. Funk and soul-jazz influences play heavily in the slick grooves of Peter King's "African Dialects," while Chief Checker's "Africa Irie" puts a West African spin on roots reggae.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Yabis - Peters, Sir Shina & His International Stars
2.
Everybody Likes Something Good - Jerry, Ify Crusade
3.
Ezuku Bozo - Johnson, Bola & His Easy Life Top Beats
4.
Onyame - Ashanti Afrika Jah
5.
Aiye Le - Ajasa, Olufemi & His New Nigerian Bros.
6.
Eddie Quansa - Peacocks Guitar Band
7.
African Dialects - King, Peter
8.
Igbehin Lalayo Nta - Dynamic Africana
9.
Africa Irie - Chief Checker
10.
Tete Muo Bu Muo - Harbor, Tony Tete & The Star Heaters Of Nigeria
11.
Tug Of War - Faces
12.
Wetin De Watch Goat Goat Dey Watcham - Akaeze, Eric & His Royal Ericos
13.
Hot Tears - Immortals
14.
You Are My Heart - Williams, Rex
15.
Dododo (Ekassa No.1) - Uwaifo, Sir Victor & His Melody Maestroes
16.
Happy Survival - Okwedy, Eddie
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