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Yusuf Olatunji

Yusuf Olatunji, also known as Baba Legba or Baba L’Egbaa (c. 1905 – 1978), was a Nigerian Sakara drum player, who popularized the sakara music style. He was purportedly born in 1905 or 1906 in a village called Gbegbinlawo in Ogun State in south-western Nigeria, although there are still doubts about the location of his birth.

Also recorded as Baba Legba · Baba L’Egbaa

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Yusuf Olatunji

Died
1978
Nationality
Nigeria
Occupation
drummer · musician
Fields
Sakara music

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Yusuf Olatunji, also known as Baba Legba or Baba L’Egbaa (c. 1905 – 1978), was a Nigerian Sakara drum player, who popularized the sakara music style. He was purportedly born in 1905 or 1906 in a village called Gbegbinlawo in Ogun State in south-western Nigeria, although there are still doubts about the location of his birth.

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