Popular Music of Nigeria

Many other Africa countries have seen commotion and aggression during their forced transition from a different area of folk cultures to a group of new nation states. Nigeria has experienced more complication than most other African countries in imitating a renowned cultural identity from the different tribes of the countryside. From its beginnings in the streets of Lagos, famous music in Nigeria has long been an important part of the field of African pop, bringing in influences and instruments from many different ethnic groups, most mainly include the Yoruba.

The earliest methods of Nigerian famous music were the highlife and the palm-wine music which expanse in the 1920s among Nigeria and nearby African countries such as Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. In Nigeria, the palm-wine became the fundamental basis of juju, a genre that controlled the famous music for many periods. During this period few other methods such as apala, originated from the traditional Yoruba music that also found a more limited spectator. In the 1960s, American, Cuban and other methods of imported music were enjoying a huge following, and artists began to join these influences into juju. The result was a abundance of modern methods in the last few years of the 20^th century which include waka music, Afrobeat and Yo-pop.