Blog: Atlantic Beat - Sunshine Music

Nigeria 70 - Sweet Times: Afro-Funk, Highlife & Juju from 1970s Lagos Nigeria 70 - Sweet Times: Afro-Funk, Highlife & Juju from 1970s Lagos (Strut Records STRUT079CD, 2011) The third volume in Strut Records’ Nigeria 70 series is another luscious helping of music from a time when Nigeria’s oil industry was booming, post-independence prestige was still riding high despite the aftermath of the country’s bloody civil war, and music was largely an affordable luxury for those who wanted to pursue it and those who wanted to listen to it. Just as importantly, [...]