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BATILE ALAKE, THE WAKA CREATOR
Great Nigerian Late Alhaja Batile Alake (nee Gbadamosi). Waka music creator. Batile Alake was born in 1935 into the Muslim family of late Pa Seidu Gbadamosi and Ajoke Gbadamosi of Odolaguse of Okesopin quarters of Ijebu-Igbo in Ogun State. She had her primary education in Ijebu-igbo after which she went to live with her aunt who took care of her and was responsible for her proper upbringing. The young Batile had a natural flair for music hence she decided to make a career of music and by 1954; she became an apprentice to a local leader of a Salat group called Kaletin Soye in Ijebu-Ode. While with her boss she served as one of Soye’s back-up singers. Alasatu is a Yoruba popular music genre influenced by Islamic religion with some Hausa and Arabic undertones. After two years of apprenticeship in Ijebu-Ode, Alake returned to Ijebu-Igbo to set up her own musical band. Initially it was also an Alasatu group but she gradually introduced many innovations into her music production and transformed it into a new and distinctive genre of music known as Waka music.
Though shel maintained the religious basis of this music she introduced many of the Yoruba traditional music instruments to give it traditional rhythm with which the Yoruba audience is familiar. Without discarding the religious element, and singing generally in Ijebu dialect, she gradually introduced new themes which have social relevance which made it more acceptable to a wider audience and increased the popularity of Waka.
In an attempt to present a more professional posture, she abandoned the sitting position, which was customary with most traditional musical entertainers and adopted a new posture that of standing, in singing to her audience. It is thus not surprising that her Waka music became quite popular beyond the boundaries of Ogun and Lagos States to other parts of Nigeria particularly the South-West of the country....more
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Great Nigerian Late Alhaja Batile Alake (nee Gbadamosi). Waka music creator. Batile Alake was born in 1935 into the Muslim family of late Pa Seidu Gbadamosi and Ajoke Gbadamosi of Odolaguse of Okesopin quarters of Ijebu-Igbo in Ogun State. She had her primary education in Ijebu-igbo after which she went to live with her aunt who took care of her and was responsible for her proper upbringing. The young Batile had a natural flair for music hence she decided to make a career of music and by 1954; she became an apprentice to a local leader of a Salat group called Kaletin Soye in Ijebu-Ode. While with her boss she served as one of Soye’s back-up singers. Alasatu is a Yoruba popular music genre influenced by Islamic religion with some Hausa and Arabic undertones. After two years of apprenticeship in Ijebu-Ode, Alake returned to Ijebu-Igbo to set up her own musical band. Initially it was also an Alasatu group but she gradually introduced many innovations into her music production and transformed it into a new and distinctive genre of music known as Waka music.
Though shel maintained the religious basis of this music she introduced many of the Yoruba traditional music instruments to give it traditional rhythm with which the Yoruba audience is familiar. Without discarding the religious element, and singing generally in Ijebu dialect, she gradually introduced new themes which have social relevance which made it more acceptable to a wider audience and increased the popularity of Waka.
In an attempt to present a more professional posture, she abandoned the sitting position, which was customary with most traditional musical entertainers and adopted a new posture that of standing, in singing to her audience. It is thus not surprising that her Waka music became quite popular beyond the boundaries of Ogun and Lagos States to other parts of Nigeria particularly the South-West of the country....more
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BATILE ALAKE, THE WAKA CREATOR
Great Nigerian Late Alhaja Batile Alake (nee Gbadamosi). Waka music creator. Batile Alake was born in 1935 into the Muslim family of late Pa Seidu Gbadamosi and Ajoke Gbadamosi of Odolaguse of Okesopin quarters of Ijebu-Igbo in Ogun State. She had her primary education in Ijebu-igbo after which she went to live with her aunt who took care of her and was responsible for her proper upbringing. The young Batile had a natural flair for music hence she decided to make a career of music and by 1954; she became an apprentice to a local leader of a Salat group called Kaletin Soye in Ijebu-Ode. While with her boss she served as one of Soye’s back-up singers. Alasatu is a Yoruba popular music genre influenced by Islamic religion with some Hausa and Arabic undertones. After two years of apprenticeship in Ijebu-Ode, Alake returned to Ijebu-Igbo to set up her own musical band. Initially it was also an Alasatu group but she gradually introduced many innovations into her music production and transformed it into a new and distinctive genre of music known as Waka music.
Though shel maintained the religious basis of this music she introduced many of the Yoruba traditional music instruments to give it traditional rhythm with which the Yoruba audience is familiar. Without discarding the religious element, and singing generally in Ijebu dialect, she gradually introduced new themes which have social relevance which made it more acceptable to a wider audience and increased the popularity of Waka.
In an attempt to present a more professional posture, she abandoned the sitting position, which was customary with most traditional musical entertainers and adopted a new posture that of standing, in singing to her audience. It is thus not surprising that her Waka music became quite popular beyond the boundaries of Ogun and Lagos States to other parts of Nigeria particularly the South-West of the country.
Great Nigerian Late Alhaja Batile Alake (nee Gbadamosi). Waka music creator. Batile Alake was born in 1935 into the Muslim family of late Pa Seidu Gbadamosi and Ajoke Gbadamosi of Odolaguse of Okesopin quarters of Ijebu-Igbo in Ogun State. She had her primary education in Ijebu-igbo after which she went to live with her aunt who took care of her and was responsible for her proper upbringing. The young Batile had a natural flair for music hence she decided to make a career of music and by 1954; she became an apprentice to a local leader of a Salat group called Kaletin Soye in Ijebu-Ode. While with her boss she served as one of Soye’s back-up singers. Alasatu is a Yoruba popular music genre influenced by Islamic religion with some Hausa and Arabic undertones. After two years of apprenticeship in Ijebu-Ode, Alake returned to Ijebu-Igbo to set up her own musical band. Initially it was also an Alasatu group but she gradually introduced many innovations into her music production and transformed it into a new and distinctive genre of music known as Waka music.
Though shel maintained the religious basis of this music she introduced many of the Yoruba traditional music instruments to give it traditional rhythm with which the Yoruba audience is familiar. Without discarding the religious element, and singing generally in Ijebu dialect, she gradually introduced new themes which have social relevance which made it more acceptable to a wider audience and increased the popularity of Waka.
In an attempt to present a more professional posture, she abandoned the sitting position, which was customary with most traditional musical entertainers and adopted a new posture that of standing, in singing to her audience. It is thus not surprising that her Waka music became quite popular beyond the boundaries of Ogun and Lagos States to other parts of Nigeria particularly the South-West of the country.
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