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Roy Chicago and the origins of highlife music

By Oladele Olusanya What are the origins of highlife music? And how did Yoruba musicians in the 1950s and 60’s exploit its big band rhythm to make it the dominant commercial music of Yorubaland in those heady days around the time of Nigeria’s...

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Yoruba Cultural Center Dallas, Inc.

Yoruba Art and Heritage Museum – a ground-breaking achievement

As the President and Secretary of the Yoruba Cultural Center, Dallas Inc, we are excited and pleased to announce the opening of our Yoruba Art and Heritage Museum. It is located in 3,000 square feet of space at the permanent location of the Center...

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