Before there was world beat music, before there was Afropop or any of the other genres of African music marketed to Western audiences, there was Babatunde Olatunji. Olatunji's 1959 “Drums of Passion” ...

Babatunde Olatunji, a Nigerian drummer whose decades of groundbreaking work were rooted in his native culture and influenced countless musicians, has died. He was 75. Olatunji died Sunday morning at ...

Young African artists don't easily get the opportunity to get their work exhibited on an international stage. Talented Nigerian artist Babajide Olatunji managed to achieve the seemingly impossible. At ...

Groundbreaking Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji, whose decades of work was rooted in his native culture and influenced countless professional musicians, has died. He was 75. Mr. Olatunji died April ...

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