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Sowande, Fela, 1905-1987

LC control no.n 85133027
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LC classificationML410.S68818 Biography
Personal name headingSowande, Fela, 1905-1987
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Variant(s)Sowande, Olufela, 1905-1987
Associated countryNigeria
Birth date1905-05-29
Death date1987-03-13
Profession or occupationMusicians Composers
Found inCome now Nigeria, 1968- : v. 1, t.p. (Fela Sowande, Ba-Gbile of Lagos, Nigeria; mem., Federation of Nigeria; prof., musicology, Univ. of Ibadan; honorary visiting fellow & mem., advisory council, Hansberry Coll. of African Studies, Univ. of Nigeria, Nsukka)
Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999 (Sowande, Fela; b. May 29, 1905, Oyo, Nigeria, d. Mar. 13, 1978, Ravenna, Ohio)
African art music in Nigeria, 2001: t.p. (Fẹlá Ṣówándé)
The organ works of Fela Sowande, 2007: p. 49 (Fela Sowande; Olufela Sowande; d. Mar. 13, 1987)
Wikipedia, June 29, 2018 (Fela Sowande; he was a Nigerian musician and composer, father of modern Nigerian art music)
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