Fela Sowande: Past, Present and Future

[@musiclanguageschool9976]

This is a very authentic voice "A man that hath no past has no future" - Fela Sowande. Thank you all for this great resource!

[@oluwamuyiwaakinmejiwa]

This is insightful

[@irostanleyamogu6845]

wow... finally I've had the opportunity to hear this man speak and see him play. we pray to do greater exploits than you did in your lifetime

[@tounoni]

If he had not gone to USA, we probably would not have heard of him or his legacy

[@emmanymatthew2539]

I don’t believe that. He was well known in Nigeria before he went to USA, his teacher is baba ekundayo Philips who is well known as a writer of a lot of Yoruba hymns in Anglican Church. Do you know that Baba showande is the chairman of the screening committee for the Nigerian anthem at independence. Just a pity we don’t study history in Nigeria anymore…

[@Casinooos]

Thank you for uploading this! 🙏

[@Ninjanoob78]

he sounds like a great guy

[@musical_lolu4811]

He sure was

[@repairersofgenerations]

Live on Hero

[@MadMusicologist]

Has there been any composition student of Fela Sowande's from Africa, from Nigeria?

[@singingcultures8619]

I don't think he would class himself as a composition student of Sowande's but Godwin Sadoh, ethnomusicologist and composer, has published a number of books on African composers including Sowande... www.amazon.com/Organ-Works-Fela-Sowande-Perspectives-ebook/dp/B079J7MZ8W
Hope that's a useful lead?

[@musical_lolu4811]

Yeah, definitely look into Sadoh.
In general here in Nigeria we are indirect students of his, and practitioners of his musical methods.

[@femiibitoye3042]

Is there a link somewhere to the music playing at the end of the video?