Biography Intro: Tunde King was a Nigerian musician, credited as the founder of Jùjú music, who had great influence on Nigerian popular music.

NAME:Abdulrafiu Babatunde King

DATE OF BIRTH:24 August 1910

PLACE OF BIRTH:Saro-dominated Olowogbowo area of Lagos Island 

FATHER: Ibrahim Sanni King

EDUCATION:Attended a local Methodist primary school and the Eko Boys High School.

CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: The guitar-centered jùjú musical style blends african elements such as the yoruba talking drum with western and afro-cuban influences, tunde king says that the name “Jùjú” itself originated when he bought a tambourine from a salvation army store, which he gave to his samba drummer.

The drummer developed a flamboyant style that included throwing the tambourine into the air and catching it, which the audience called jù-jú, duplicating the yoruba word for “Throw” with tonal accent

His trio expanded into a quartet, with king on six-string guitar-banjo and vocals, ishola caxton martins on sekere (gourde rattle), ahmeed lamidi george on tambourine and sanya (“Snake”) johnson on tomtom and supporting vocals. The members of the band created an moderately-paced ensemble sound that backed up the guitar and vocals with simple harmonic progressions.