Tunde Nightingale

Earnest Olatunde Thomas (10 Disemba 1922 - 1981), nke a maara dị ka Tunde Nightingale ma ọ bụ The Western Nightingale, bụ onye na-agụ egwu na onye na-akpọ ụbọ akwara na Naijiria, nke a maara nke ọma maka ụdị egwu jùjú ya pụrụ iche, na-agbaso ọdịnala Tunde King.[1]

A mụrụ ya na Ibadan, ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ na Lagos, jee ozi na ndị agha, ma rụọ ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ okporo ígwè. O guzobere otu egwu mbụ ya, otu egwu atọ nke nwere ụbọ akwara, ụbọ akhara, na 1944.[2] Nke a bụ na mmalite nke oge ndị egwu Naijiria malitere iji ụbọ akwara dị ka akụkụ nke ndekọ ha. Mana ụdị egwu juju ya abụghị nke kachasị ewu ewu n'etiti ndị isi Lagos bụ ndị na-achịkwa ọnọdụ mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya na arụmọrụ na-ejedebe na ụlọ mmanya nke nyere ohere ego pere mpe.[2] N'afọ 1952, òtù ya n'okpuru aha Tunde Nightingale na Agba Jolly Orchestra mere ihe ngosi mgbe niile na West African Club, Ibadan. Ndị ya na ha dịkọrọ ndụ gụnyere Ayinde Bakare, I. K. Dairo na Dele Ojo.[3] Ka ọ na-erule n'afọ 1952, otu ya agbasaala ruo mmadụ asatọ, ma kpọọ egwu na West African Club na Ibadan. N'agbata afọ 1954 na afọ 1964, ewu ewu nke Nightingale gara nke ọma mana ọ ka nwere ihe ole na ole. N'etiti afọ 1960, ya na Maazị Jossy Fajimolu bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta ndekọ, ọ bụ n'oge a ka egwu ya nwetara ewu ewu n'etiti ụfọdụ ndị obodo na Lagos bụ ndị weere egwu ahụ dị ka nke kwesịrị ekwesị maka oriri na nkwari karịa ụlọ ịgba egwú. Ọ mepụtara ụdị egwu juju ya nke gụnyere ohere maka otuto na ịgba egwú dị ka egwu oriri na ọṅụṅụ ma na-akpọkarị ya na ụlọ nzukọ ma ọ bụ ịgba egwú.[2] A maara ụdị egwu ya dị ka So Wàmbè ("Ọ bụ ebe ahụ?"), ikekwe ihe abụọ na-ezo aka na beads kpuchiri n'úkwù ụmụ nwanyị na-agba egwú.[1][4] Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1960, ewu ewu ya etoola n'etiti ndị obodo Lagos, bụ ndị kwadoro ya na njem mba ofesi. Mgbe ọ laghachiri, ọ bịanyere aka na akara TYC. N'ozuzu ya, o dekọrọ ihe karịrị abọm iri anọ n'ọrụ ya. Ndị na-eme ihe nkiri nke oge a dị ka Eze Sunny Adé na Eze Nwanyị Ayo Balogun na-aga n'ihu na-enwe mmetụta site na ụdị ya. Ewezuga eziokwu ahụ bụ na ọ "na-ada ụda", n'ụzọ nkịtị, dị ka nightingale, ọ na-ejikwa nnụnụ dị ndụ n'ụlọ ya.[5]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Waterman (1990). Juju: A Social History and Ethnography of an African Popular Music. University of Chicago Press, 110–112. ISBN 0226874656. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Daramola (July 1967). "So Wan be Spreads like Wildfire". Drum Magazine (Lagos). 
  3. ↑ Omojola (2012). Yorùbá Music in the Twentieth Century: Identity, Agency, and Performance Practice. University of Rochester Press, 166. ISBN 978-1580464093. 
  4. ↑ Biography by Leon Jackson at Allmusic.com
  5. ↑ TUNDE NIGHTINGALE: A LEGEND FOR ALL TIMES. African Songs UK. Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved on 2009-11-02.