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' Lord Bless Africa ') is a Christian hymn composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist mission school near Johannesburg. The song became a pan-African liberation song and versions of it were later adopted as the national anthems of five countries in Africa including Zambia , Tanzania , Namibia and Zimbabwe after ...
Arise, O Compatriots is a Nigerian patriotic song that was used as the national anthem of Nigeria from 1 October 1978 until 2024, when Nigeria, We Hail Thee was reinstated. On 29 May 2024, "Arise, O Compatriots" was officially relinquished followed by the readoption of the first national anthem, "Nigeria, We Hail Thee" used from 1960 until 1978.
"Wo" (stylized "Wo!!") is a song by Nigerian rapper Olamide. Produced by Young Jonn, it was released on 7 August 2017, through YBNL Nation, as the only single from the rapper's seventh studio album Lagos Nawa (2017). [1] Nigerian singer Wizkid considered "Wo" to be the biggest Nigerian song of 2017. [2]
The song enjoyed newfound popularity during the American folk music revival of the early to mid-1960s, ... O Lord, kum bay ya. Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya;
Gospel songs are a kind of motivational Christian music that has become a major part of Nigerian music.In the 1960s the Evangelical Church of West Africa Choir was popular, and in the early 1970s Bola Aare, Ebenezer Obey and later, Panam Percy Paul, Onyeka Onwenu, Tope Alabi, and Kefee were notable.
Nathaniel Bassey (Listen) ⓘ (born 27 August 1981) is a Nigerian singer, pastor, trumpeter and gospel songwriter popularly known for his songs "Imela", "Onise Iyanu", and "Olowogbogboro." [ 1 ] Over the years, Bassey has established himself as one of the prominent and most listened-to gospel ministers in Nigeria.
Nigeria has been brewing its own Guinness for 60 years and drinks more of the black stuff than the Irish. Nigerian food memoirist Yemisi Aribisala explains why it’s the life-blood of her nation.
Emmanuel Aniefiok Iren (born 18 December 1989) well known as Emmanuel Iren is a Nigerian preacher, gospel singer and songwriter. [1] He is the founder of Celebration Church International (CCI), headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.