is band, Koola Lobitos, maintained a steady focus on their music. 'Highlife' was the term for the prevalent and popular music, and was considered the "quintessential soundtrack to Nigerian independenceàwith a modernist ideology that would help transform Nigeria into a modern, developed and respectable nation." (Olaniyan pg. 8). Heavily influenced by the London jazz scene, Fela began playing a fusion of highlife and jazz accompanied by lyrics in the native language (Youruba) and occasionally in English or Pidgin. The subjec
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