Although the history of apala music is somewhat difficult to unravel, its creation and popularity are forever associated with the late and legendary Haruna Ishola. Born in 1919 in Igbaire Oko-Sopin, a village located in the state of Ijebu-Igbo (today Ogun), Haruna Ishola Adebayo Bello, better known as “Baba Ngani Agba”, launched into music as soon as he was young age, and will be until his death in 1983, considered the father of apala music, achieving enormous success both locally and internationally.
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