The first
ever Nigerian to release an album is Canon Josiah Jesse Ransome Kuti (Fela
Anikulapo’s Grandfather and Prof Wole Soyinka’s great-grand father). He has
been composing songs since 1878 and in 1925, he
became the first Nigerian to release a record album after he recorded several
Yoruba language hymns in gramophone through Zonophone Records. His album is still at the British Museum.
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| JOSIAH JESSE RANSOME-KUTI |
The Reverend
Canon Josiah Jesse Ransome-Kuti, was perhaps the earliest person in Nigeria to
compose gospel songs in form of Church hymns used in the early Anglican Church
at St. Peter Cathedral Church, Ake Abeokuta Ogun state Nigeria.
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