Lagos Roots: Fuji, Juju and Apala

<p>Beneath the gloss of Nigeria’s contemporary pop, older roots styles, mostly derived from Yoruba tradition, still thrive. In this program, we meet four top stars of&nbsp;<em>fuji</em>&nbsp;music, the percussion-driven, message-heavy, and occasionally profane trance music that animates weddings and parties on a daily basis in hidden corners of Lagos. Rival&nbsp;“kings” K1 de Ultimate and Saheed Osupa, and a rare woman of fuji, Salawa Abeni, take us inside the rough and tumble of an exciting musical subculture little known outside Nigeria. We also meet&nbsp;<em>juju</em>&nbsp;legend Shina Peters and meet up-and-comers on the Lagos roots scene. This program fills out our&nbsp;<em>Hip Deep</em>&nbsp;portrait of a vibrant African city where music holds the keys to a tumultuous collision of cultures and peoples. Produced by Banning Eyre.</p>