King Sunny Ade is Nigeria’s party music monarch….
A tour of the music if Nigeria must start, as we did, with Afrobeat, but beyond Fela there is so so so much. One of the most energizing genres is Juju, a rollicking Yoruban percussion music that can’t help but make you dance. The undisputed champion of Juju music is King Sunny Ade, who became particularly well-known for performing juju at lifecycle parties — weddings, birthdays, baby namings — known as “àríyá.” Watch this video of the Ade and His African Beats and you’ll appreciate why.
