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‘Juju music is still active’, says Toye Ajagun’

Far-famed veteran musician, Uncle Toye Ajagun has revealed that Juju music in Nigeria is not dead, maintaining that it is still potent and meaningful as it was in the past decades.

The Juju maestro insisted that the advent of Fuji  has not overshadowed Juju music in the country describing it as “a mistake and wrong assumption if we say Fuji has swallowed Juju music.”

Ajagun stated this while featuring on a radio show in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Monday

Speaking further, the ‘Magbe-Magbe’ creator  tackled the  self acclaimed Fuji lord,  Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as K1 and others like him who have infused different strings into their musical arrangements saying that they have deviated from the ‘standards.’

He said the introduction of string instruments by these fuji musicians is a total departure from the standard laid down by the creator of fuji music, late Sikiru Ayinde Barrister.

According to him, “Wasiu Ayinde Marshall knows that Juju music in Nigeria is not dead. He still gives us our due respect. I listened to one of his recently released albums where he praised me, King Sunny Ade, Idowu Animashaun, Ebenezer Obey and others”.

The juju singer  also disclosed that his own style of music is aimed at promoting peace and love among his followers and listeners in the country.

“I use my music to promote peace; I do not use it to cause acrimony among people”.

Justifying his style of music, the Egba-born musician explained that the album he released in 1976  was targeted at restoring the frosty relationship between two top juju musicians of that time, Admiral Dele Abiodun and Emperor Pick Peter.

He charged the present-day musicians and youths to work and pray hard and not to allow frivolities to deprive them of their glorious future. He specifically  advised them not to allow current enjoyment to deprive them of the better things waiting ahead of them in the future.

Ajagun, however assured his numerous fans to expect him in the studio soon as plans are in top gear for the release of his next album.

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