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Victor Olaiya, the Glossary

Victor Abimbola Olaiya, (31 December 1930 – 12 February 2020), also known as Dr Victor Olaiya, was a Nigerian trumpeter who played in the highlife style.^[1]

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20th-century Nigerian musicians
Highlife musicians
Nigerian highlife musicians
Nigerian hoteliers
Nigerian trumpeters
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People of the Nigerian Civil War

Afrobeat

Afrobeat (also known as Afrofunk) is a Nigerian music genre that involves the combination of West African musical styles from Ghana and Nigeria but mainly Nigeria, such as the traditional Yoruba and Igbo music and highlife, with American funk, jazz, and soul influences.

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Bobby Benson

Bernard Olabinjo "Bobby" Benson (11 April 1922 – 14 May 1983) was an entertainer and musician who had considerable influence on the Nigerian music scene, introducing big band and Caribbean idioms to the Highlife style of popular West African music. Victor Olaiya and Bobby Benson are musicians from Lagos, Yoruba musicians and Yoruba-language singers.

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Calabar

Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Cali and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria.

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Cross River State

Cross River State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.

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Daily Times (Nigeria)

The Daily Times was a Nigerian newspaper with headquarters in Lagos.

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E. T. Mensah

Emmanuel Tettey Mensah (31 May 1919 – 19 July 1996), was a Ghanaian musician who was regarded as the "King of Highlife" music.

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Ekiti State

Ekiti State (Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkìtì) is a state in southwestern Nigeria, bordered to the North by Kwara State for 61 km, to the Northeast by Kogi State for 92 km, to the South and Southeast by Ondo State, and to the West by Osun State for 84 km.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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Fela Kuti

Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997) was a Nigerian musician and political activist. Victor Olaiya and Fela Kuti are highlife musicians, Nigerian male musicians, Yoruba musicians and Yoruba-language singers.

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French horn

The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell.

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Highlife

Highlife is a Ghanaian music genre that originated along the coastal cities of present-day Ghana in the 19th century, during its history as a colony of the British and through its trade routes in coastal areas.

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Howard University

Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., located in the Shaw neighborhood.

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Ilojo Bar

Ilojo Bar, also called Olaiya House or Casa da Fernandez, was a Brazilian-styled historic building located near Tinubu Square in Lagos Island, Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Independent Nigeria

The Independent Nigeria is a daily newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria.

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician.

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Lagos

Lagos (also US), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria.

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Lagos Island

Lagos Island (Ìsàlẹ̀ Èkó) is the principal and central Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Lagos University Teaching Hospital

Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) is a tertiary hospital established in 1961 and is located in Idi-Araba, Surulere, Lagos State, the administrative division of Nigeria.

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist.

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Moji Olaiya

Moji Olaiya (27 February 1975 – 17 May 2017) was a Nigerian actress.

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Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army (NA) is the land force of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

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Nigerian Civil War

The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence from Nigeria in 1967. Nigeria was led by General Yakubu Gowon, and Biafra by Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Odumegwu Ojukwu.

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Nollywood

Nollywood, a portmanteau of Nigeria and Hollywood, is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry.

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Order of the Niger

Nigeria became an independent country on 1 October 1960, and in 1963 became the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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Prague International Jazz Festival

Prague International Jazz Festival (Mezinárodní jazzový festival Praha) is a traditional jazz festival held annually in Reduta Jazz Club, in Prague, Czech Republic established in 1964.

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Soundway Records

Soundway Records is a British, London-based independent record label, founded and run by English DJ and music producer Miles Cleret.

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Surulere

Surulere is a local government area located on the mainland in Lagos State, Nigeria.

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The Rough Guide to Highlife (2003 album)

The Rough Guide to Highlife is a world music compilation album originally released in 2003.

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The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Africa

The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Africa is a world music compilation album originally released in 2012 featuring 1960s and 1970s African popular music.

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Tony Allen (musician)

Tony Oladipo Allen (20 July 1940 – 30 April 2020) was a Nigerian and French drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Victor Olaiya and Tony Allen (musician) are highlife musicians, musicians from Lagos, Nigerian male musicians and Yoruba musicians.

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