Ayinde bakare biography
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Ayinde Bakare ( – 1 October ) was a pioneering Yoruba jùjú and highlife musician in Nigeria.
Ayinde Bakare
Nigerian musician
Musical artist
Ayinde Bakare ( &#; 1 October ) was a pioneering Yorubajùjú and highlife musician in Nigeria.
Early life
Saibu Ayinde Bakare Ajikobi was born in at Okesuna Lafiaji area of Lagos to a soldier father.
His father, Pa bakare was from Ajikobi Compound in Ilorin, Kwara State.
Education
He began his education at St. Mathias Catholic School, Lafiaji.[1] Thereafter, he worked as an apprentice boatbuilder with the old Marine Department in Lagos.
Ayinde Bakare was the first musician to use the electric guitar in Juju music, and in , he became the first Juju musician to visit the.Career
After watching a band play at an engagement, he began his foray into music. He asked the band leader, Tunde King if he could be an apprentice with the band and was allowed by King to be a student.[1] Bakare also played for an early juju exponent, Alabi Labilu.
He began performing around ,[2] and first recorded on the His Master's Voice label in [3]
One of his early juju tracks was Layinka Sapara, a praise song dedicated to the daugh
