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Olatunji And His Percussion, Brass, Woodwind, And Choir – Zungo! Afro-Percussion
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Title: Olatunji And His Percussion, Brass, Woodwind, And Choir - Zungo! Afro-Percussion
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1961, World, Afro-Percussion, Lagos, Nigeria 5/26
Matrix #: CS 8434
Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Babatunde O (27' - 03')
Cultural Facts:
- Personal Struggle: Olatunji came to the U.S. from Nigeria for college, then built a music career while carrying the weight of representing African culture to American audiences.
- Political Science: His work pushed back against flat Western ideas of African music, presenting Yoruba-rooted rhythm as serious cultural language, not exotic background.
- Scene Ecology: Zungo! sits in the early-60s folk-jazz-world music crossover, when percussion records, civil rights politics, and African independence movements were entering U.S. record culture.
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