Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
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Duncan Mighty
Nigerian artist from Port Hartcourt. Took the nation by storm with the release of his 2008 debut album entitled Koliwater.
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Wunmi
Wunmi, real name Ibiwunmi Omotayo Olufunke Olaiya, is a singer, dancer and fashion designer. She was born in the United Kingdom, to Nigerian parents, but spent much of her childhood in Lagos, Nigeria. She worked with the band Soul II Soul, notably appearing as a dancer in the video for "Back To Life" (1989). Her debut single, "What a See (A Guy Called Gerald Mix)" was released in 1998, and her debut album A.L.A. (Africans Living Abroad) came out on the Documented record label in 2006.
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Flavour
1. Flavour is a German HipHop artist, born Stephan Kaps in Koblenz in 1980. Since 1993 his productions appear on his own label "Flavour Productions".
Samples of his work can be downloaded at http://www.mcflavour.de.
2. Flavour is a Canadian Rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. http://www.FlavourHQ.com
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti is an award winning Nigerian musician, and the oldest son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Femi was born in London on 16 June 1962 and grew up in the former Nigerian capital Lagos. Like his father, Femi has shown a strong commitment to social and political causes throughout his career, but he differs in his religious views. In 2001, Femi collaborated with a number of US musicians such as Common, Mos Def, and Jaguar Wright, on his Fight to Win album. This album was widely regarded as the most influential Neo-Afrobeat album of the early 21st century.
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Faze
1) Faze - heavy metal band
2) Faze - electronic music duo
3) Faze -Hip Life artist from Ghana Africa
4) R&B artists from the80's, their most famous love song was on quiet fire often, and was entitled 'Cold Sweat'.
5) FaZe - Soulful House & UK Funky DJ/Producer
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1) Faze is a self-produced heavy metal band from Japan. They formed in 2003. Toki - vocals
Ryutaro - guitars
Masato - guitars
Katsuya - bass
Kousei - drums Disco:
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Orlando Julius
Biography by Nate Cavalieri Few artists have been as crucial to the invention, development, and popularization of Afro-pop than Orlando Julius. Starting in the '60s, Julius was fusing traditional African sounds and rhythms with those of American pop, soul, and R&B. Aside from performing and recording in his native Nigeria, he spent many years in the United States working on collaborations with Lamont Dozier, the Crusaders, and Hugh Masekela. His 1966 effort, Super Afro Soul, made him a national celebrity in Nigeria and even went so far as to influence music in the United States.
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William Onyeabor
William Onyeabor studied cinematography in Russia for many years, returning to Nigeria in the mid-70s to start his own Wilfilms music label and to set up a music and film production studio. He recorded a number of hit songs in Nigeria during the 70s, the biggest of which was "Atomic Bomb" in 1978. William has now been crowned a High Chief in Enugu, where he lives today as a successful businessman working on government contracts and running his own flour mill.
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2face Idibia
Innocent Ujah Idibia best known as 2face Idibia is a recording artist from Benue State, Nigeria. He was a member of the defunct R&B/hip hop group Plantashun Boyz. One of the most internationally recognized celebrities Nigeria has produced in years, his massively popular song African Queen was the first ever video to be played on pan African channel MTV Base. 2face was the recipient of such awards as the 2005 Channel O Best Male Music Video award and the first award given for Best African at the MTV Europe Awards held in Lisbon, Portugal in November 2005.
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