Alhaji Waziri Oshomah
& His Traditional Sound Makers
- Ota Pea Pea
(1987) (vinyl rip)
A1 Ota Pea Pea
A2 Late Ojeiku Aisuku
B1 Ozemede Alhaji Abu Ali
B2 Gold And Silver Alhaja M.S.Umoru
320kbps
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah & His Traditional Sound Makers - Ota Pea Pea
A1 Ota Pea Pea
A2 Late Ojeiku Aisuku
B1 Ozemede Alhaji Abu Ali
B2 Gold And Silver Alhaja M.S.Umoru
320kbps
pw=ylow.blogspot.com
http://lix.in/-394924
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Some really nice records recently. This one is really cool.
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah was born in Osomegbe Ekperi, northern Edo State, Nigeria, and together with his late colleague/rival Bolivia Oshiogbeme is a leading musician of the Etsako people of that region. Edo and Delta States, together with their constituent peoples such as the Edo or Bini, Urhobo, Itsekiri and "western" Igbo, roughly correspond to the former Benin Empire, renowned worldwide for its artwork. While Etsako is related to the more widespread Edo language, the two are not mutually intelligible. There are close to 200,000 Etsako speakers in Nigeria, divided among various dialects. Oshomah's recordings are usually listed as "Ekperi," which is a dialect of Etsako.
Etsakoland, or Afemia, lies at the southernmost reach of Islam in Nigeria. Unlike most of the former Benin Empire, people in this area are divided almost evenly between Christians and Muslims, in fact it is not uncommon to see a church and mosque next to each other. Alhaji Oshomah himself is a Muslim.
best thing i've heard in months (OK weeks) LOVE the sound of the multiple guitars. I'm often leery of anything post 1970's as I'm an african mouldy fig and really don't groove on cheesy keys. This thing is fantastic. thank you...
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