Dauda Akanmu Epo-Akara (23 June 1943 – August 2005), a Yoruba musician from the city of

Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano (city), Kano, with a total populatio ...

, was the main force behind the popular Yoruba music

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called Awurebe.

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Biography of Dauda Epo-Akara
Yoruba musicians 1943 births 2005 deaths Musicians from Ibadan 20th-century Nigerian male singers {{Nigeria-singer-stub