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King Sunny Adé is a Nigerian superstar singer-songwriter in the Yoruba tongue whose infectious blend of traditional African rhythms, western guitar pop and electric rock and roll - known as juju music - has won him an international audience. Celebrated as an ambassador for his homeland's culture and music, he teaches and is involved in the nation's music industry with a large organisation involved in clubs and recordings. Adé started in show business as a young man with Moses Olaiya's band, the Federal Rhythm Dandies, and in 1967 he formed his own ensemble, the Green Spots, ...