Episode 21: Afrobeat and Science Fiction with Funsho Ogundipe - a podcast by Florence Adu

For this week’s episode, I am rounding out my Lagos tour with a visit to the famed @JazzholeLagos (https://twitter.com/JazzholeLagos?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) cafe and bookshop in Ikoyi where I met Funsho Ogundipe composer of the Glocal Citizens theme music 419afrobeat.com featuring the legend and recently departed Tony Allen. Funsho is a Nigerian pianist, music director and composer, he is known for his work with the Afrobeat band Ayetoro. As musical director of Ayetoro, he is one of the primary architects of the post-Fela Kuti sound in Afrobeat.
Please pardon the sound, dear listeners, we’re in an all generators on zone. You’re in for a treat!Where to find Ayetoro?
* Ayetoro Music (https://ayetoro.bandcamp.com/)* On Amazon (https://smile.amazon.com/Ayetoro-International-Digital-Music/s?k=Ayetoro&rh=n%3A625021011&_encoding=UTF8&ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_g3905707922)
* On Facebook - @ayetorolive (https://www.facebook.com/ayetorolive/)* There Is Only One Funsho Ogundipe! (https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/artsbooks/262169-there-is-only-one-funsho-ogundipe.html)
What’s Funsho listening to?* Kasse Mady Diabate (http://www.kassemadydiabatemusic.com)
What’s Funsho watching?* Fringe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series))
*What’s Funsho reading? ** Central Africa: Adventures and Missionary Labors in Several Countries in the Interior of Africa from 1849 to 1856 (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/083711540X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_8CrUEbCAYS1AK)
* A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution (https://smile.amazon.com/Fistful-Shells-Africa-Slave-Revolution-ebook/dp/B07P2JZWQM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=fistful+of+shells&qid=1589188477&s=books&sr=1-1) Special Guest: Funsho Ogundipe.

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