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38. King Sunny Ade, Moelogo and Bunny Mack: Sweetie Penkele!
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This episode starts with Gboyega and Nelson talking about timeless music and that opens up the conversation on the influence of King Sunny Ade and his peers. His drive from being a star in Africa to being a global phenomenon. With his sound representing the Nigerian and African culture on the world stage like Miriam Makeba and Manu Dibango. The hosts then talk about the Sierra Leone star that was referred to as a musical legend by his countrymen. The person the two leading acts have in common is Moelogo - Nigerian singer and songwriter sampling both legends with some really smart genre switching.
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