Yinka
Ayefele is an Ekiti State born Nigerian gospel fuji artist, songwriter, worship
leader and talented producer. Ever since his secondary school, he loved playing
trumpet and guitar. He sang in the choir and really loved what he was doing,
but he did not think about turning into a singer. He dreamt of a financial
profession or future work in the office. This made him join the Federal Radio
Corporation of Nigeria in Ibadan where he performed various journalist tasks
and worked as a radio producer for different jingles and tunes.
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Yinka
Ayefele began his music career in 1997 after he was involved in an automobile
accident which damaged his spinal cord and confined him to a wheelchair. As
fate may have it, while in the hospital after spending about 9 months, his
friend, Kola Olootu visited and advised him to put some songs together using
his experience as a former professional radio jingle producer. This suggestion resulted in the release of his
debut album titled, “Bitter Experience” in 1997 which incidentally brought him
into limelight.
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The release
of “Bitter Experience” was followed by the release of “Sweet Experience”. The
rest as they say is now history, suffice it to say that Yinka Ayefele today has
twenty-three albums to his credit: Bitter Experience (1997), Sweet Experience
(1999), Something Else (2000), Divine Intervention (2001), Fun Fair (2002), Life
after Death (2003), Aspiration (2003), Fulfilment (2004), New Dawn (2005), Next
Level (2006), Gratitude (2007), Absolute Praise (2008), Transformation (2009), Everlasting
Grace (2010), Prayer Point (2011), Goodness Of God (2012), Comforter (2013), Overcomer
(2014), Upliftment (2015), Fresh Glory (2016), Living Testimony (2017), Favour
(2018), and Beyond The Limits (2019).
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Yinka
Ayefele has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Member of the
Order of the Niger (MON) awarded by the former Nigerian President, Goodluck
Ebele Jonathan in 2011 and the Ekiti Cultural Ambassador Award.
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On a sad
note Yinka Ayefele’s Music House, which had in it a radio station Fresh FM and
a studio, was on August 19, 2018 demolished by the Oyo State Government,
stating that the property's location contravened the stipulations by the town
planning authority. This sparked outrage from fans and sympathizers, especially
in Ibadan, and host of others criticizing the government's action. According to
the musician, the property was worth N800 million.
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