Joke lijadu biography

To hear Yeye Taiwo Lijadu tell the story, the origins of her legendary Afrobeat group with her twin Kehinde Lijadu as The Lijadu Sisters is a matter of accident, motherly determination, and Orisha providence.

One of the few female acts in the heyday of 1970’s Nigerian music, The Lijadu Sisters’ music mirrors the magnificence of that country’s cultural golden age, which arose in the wake of national independence. (Their second cousin, Fela Kuti, also enjoyed success during that era.) Spanning from the mid-’60s into the 1980s, The Lijadu Sisters released five indelible albums that embodied Afrobeat, funk, reggae, rock, disco, and soul to create an uplifting, empowered amalgam that is wholly their own sound and vision.

This summer/ fall/ spring, The Numero Group is honored to re-introduce one of Africa’s most iconic Sister acts to a new generation of listeners.

Born in 1948 in the North-Central town of Jos and raised in Ibadan, twin sisters Yeye Taiwo and