Sagamu Town

My name is Kehinde Williams. I hail from Sagamu or Ishagamu which is my home town. It is a city and the headquarters of the Local Government Area of the same name in south-western, Ogun State near the Ibu River. My town is the part of the Yoruba cultural region of south-western which was founded in the mid-19th century when several small towns […]

Jùjú Music

I was as well among those who thought the ‘Juju’ in Juju Music connotes witchcraft but found out Juju music did not derive its name from juju, which is a form of magic and the use of magic objects or witchcraft common in West Africa, Haiti, Cuba and other South American nations. It is a style of Nigerian popular music, derived from traditional Yoruba percussion. The name comes […]