Alhaji Oshomah - Vol. 5

The last (but certainly not the least) volume in Alhaji Waziri Oshomah's five-part Volume Series, which is also now available for the first time as a complete set (in a box).On the heels of his already critically acclaimed (yes, already!) retrospective, World Spirituality Classics 3: The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah, Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - the Oyoyo King, the Godfather of Afemai Music, the Etsako Super Star, Mr. Please Please Please, Mr. Dynamite - returns with Vol. 5.Waziri hails from a small part of Edo State in southern Nigeria called Afemailand, known for being a harmonious region where Muslims and Christians live-and dance-together. And there, as a devout Muslim and an exemplar of religious piety in his community, Waziri's music fuses Etsako/Afemai folk styles with pan-Nigerian highlife and pop to create a sublime vehicle for his Islamic philosophy that gets everyone-Muslims, Christians, whoever-on the dancefloor.Vol. 5 focuses on Waziri's illustrious mid-career output-the music he created during the years leading up to and after he performed his first hajj. Every song here-none of which appear on the compilation-strikes his signature balance of traditional music, highlife, and funk, as he entreats you to stay on the straight and narrow, though there's nothing straight about his beat.A1. Ame-Ogiegie Udo-Ogiegie 11:10A2. Wegieme Khayeya 8:25B1. Amie Khagieguegbe 8:53B2. Chief Danesi Aidoviogie 9:25