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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZLIJADU SISTERSSingers-composers Kehinde and Taiwo Lijadu (b Nigeria) began as session singers, achieving international status with a unique blend of trad. influences, funk, disco, afro-beat, singing mostly in Yoruba, sometimes in English and Ibo. First LP Iya Mi Jowo '69 on Decca; series of innovatory LPs in '70s incl. Danger, Mother Africa, Sunshine, Horizon Unlimited ('79); also Lijadu Sisters on EMI. They appeared in the TV documentary Konkomba '81. Compilation Double Trouble appeared in USA on Shanachie. |