Yemi King
@TheYemiKing • 10,086 subscribers
I join dots others don't see. Musing about Nigeria & human condition. Polymath. NUFC. RMFC. Literature. History. Politics. Data. Physics. Design.
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A very interesting perspective on Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi
Yemi King168,819 görüntüleme • 15 gün önce
Òkú ń sunkún òkú, Akáṣọlérí ń sunkún ara wọn. In May 1990, during the burial rites of the great Hubert Ogunde, Dr I-Show Pepper (Ishola Ogunsola) led the dirge and procession while the prolific chanter Ogogo (Taiwo Hassan) carried the powerful oríkì and chants that day. I-Show Pepper himself later joined the ancestors on 28 December 1992. The same Ogogo who led those chants for Ogunde died yesterday (23 August 2026) and will be buried today, 24 August 2026, in his hometown Ilaro. Who will now chant for him?
Yemi King463,439 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Chinese are coming for everybody. This is them already entering Cassava market in Ogun State
Yemi King120,698 görüntüleme • 21 gün önce
See the neighbourhood they kept Adelabu's sister and nephews. Your neighbours can be kidnappers oooo
Yemi King106,119 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
Sunny Ade ò re ibìkan, àríyá ò gbọ́dọ̀ pin...🎶 🎶 🎤 Happy 80th birthday to the King of World Music Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR (King Sunny Adé) turns 80 today, 22 September 2026. Born in Òṣogbo into a Yoruba royal family with ties to Ondo and Akure, he grew up between church music (his father was an organist) and the talking drums, praise poetry and dance culture of Yorubaland. He left school for Lagos, played highlife with Moses Olaiya (Baba Sala)’s Federal Rhythm Dandies, then in 1967 formed his own band, Green Spots (later the African Beats) and never looked back. He took jùjú, once a local guitar and percussion dance music, and made it a global language with talking drums answering pedal steel guitar, call-and-response riding synthesisers, and distilled Yoruba wisdom into dance-floor grooves that will inspire deep introspection in the quieter hours. Hits from “Challenge Cup” onward, albums such as Sound Vibration, The Royal Sound, Juju Music (1982), Synchro System (1983), and Aura (1984) made him the King of Juju at home and a pioneer of world music abroad after he signed with Island Records. Synchro System earned him a Grammy nomination, a first ever for a Nigerian-based artist. Odu (1998) brought a second nomination for Best World Music Album. He remains the trailblazer who opened that door. He has been honored for his contributions with awards including Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, “King of World Music” at the International Reggae and World Music Awards (2008), induction into the Afropop Hall of Fame (2009) and Hard Rock Cafe Hall of Fame (2016), The Headies Hall of Fame, AFRIMA recognition, visiting lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University. He is the founder of the King Sunny Ade Foundation and a long-time champion of musicians’ rights through the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria. New York Times once called him one of the world’s great bandleaders. Spin ranked him among the great guitarists. Six decades on, the crown still fits. Kábíyèsí Sunny Ade has not stopped performing because àríyá must not end. Happy 80th, Kabiyesi. Long may the King dance. 👑🎸🥁 Here 👇🏽 is King Sunny Ade at London Raggae Sunsplash, 1984.
Yemi King14,684 görüntüleme • 15 gün önce
Of course Nigeria will be there! Here is a Nigerian, who traveled 14 hours by road, from Iraq into #Iran just to be present at the funeral of late Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei (Snr). He referred to the later leader killed during #IranWar as his Supreme Leader
Yemi King63,105 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
Well, seems President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not need to only intervene in Kwara and Oyo APC alone but in Ogun State APC as well. Abayomi Semako Hunye has unveiled his running mate, stressing that he's still in court challenging the candidature of Senator Olamilekan Adeola YAYI Seems he believes he can pull a Rotimi Amaechi in Ogun State.
Yemi King24,450 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
REJOINDER: WHY I SIGNED APPLICATION FORM FOR K1 DE ULTIMATE - FAMILY HEAD 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Yemi King34,689 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce
A lovely African family was anticipating a typical polite chat in English. Imagine their surprise when I greeted them in their own Yorùbá language! The atmosphere in the room shifted from casual to astonished in a matter of seconds. Soon, the space was filled with smiles, laughter, and delightful disbelief!
Aláshelà10,594 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
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