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Tradition and Afrobeat

Idan pa Ọhi Ọyẹ mu
A Confounding experience, this;
Yet the buffoon hollers—a mere harmattan haze.
Ookun-Yorùbá aphorism.
That voice sprouted again and Crawled into their skulls and began to howl His voice walked ahead and came behind
And rocked the earth like storm…
They did not return The voice survives…
—OLU OGUIBE1
Cloud without shade Cumulus without shower Saturday night at the bard’s An overcast of cannabis
—SOLA OLORUNYOMI2

1Far beyond the Pepple Street venue of his performance, the bass drum’s deep throbbing and the wailing horns of Fela’s Egypt ’80 Band could be heard resonating into this silent Lagos night. As we inched into the swanky marijuana-fumed atmosphere of the Afrika Shrine (Fela’s nightspot), an all-female choreography could be seen attempting the impossible task of duplicating the rather racy rhythm, the twists and turns of the track, Army Arrangement. A chorus in the background kept crooning:

One day go be one day
One day go be one day
Those wey dey steal-i money for [Africa] government
One day go be one day

A day of reckoning is coming
A day of reckoning is coming
For those plundering [Africa’s] government’s resources
A day of reckoning is coming3

2Then the beat descended into a repose, as the singers also