![]() ![]() Mama Fasoyin is still very much alive and kicking, looking like a sweet sixteen. To date, the choir has released 25 albums. Stores and shops are playing the music to herald xmas. Now that we are approaching another December, all the music Since 1979 when theĪlbum came out, practically all radio stations across the South West play itĮvery December. Marketer sold out and the song enjoyed massive air play. Known in 1979, when her group released a popular song titled ‘Odun Nlo Sopin Oīaba Rere’ Mimo’, that became an instant hit. On account of the activities of the CAC Good Women Choir, Mama became well She is a veteran gospel singer and leader of the popularĬAC Good Women Choir, Ibadan, a group that became popular in the late 70s, 80s,Īnd 90s across the South-West. She is deeply religious and you can’t get to hear about her, except, when Nature, Mama Deborah Adebola Fasoyin is a very quiet and easy going woman of I think every artist should strive towards creating a timeless body of work, something that people will forever refer to.Good Women Choir Leader, Mama D. But the music continues to be shared from one generation to another. Their last official release was in 1995 – nearly 30 years ago. First, a splinter group broke off, and then old age and death took away many of them. We aimed to spread the gospel as much as we could, and I am happy that Odun Nlo Sopin achieved that.”Īs the women aged, the group slowly disbanded. It is one of the greatest songs that have graced Nigerian airplay, and as it’s been carried along by listeners who have travelled beyond our borders, it is one of the greatest to do so.Īt 82 years old, she hardly gives any interviews but said through an assistant, “Making money was never the goal. “The song is not even on the top streaming services that pay top dollar, and if it was licensed to any of the year Christmas movies produced in Nigeria, that would have earned it more revenue.”īut the leader of the group, Deborah Fasoyin, insists that commercial success wasn’t important to the Good Women’s Choir. Olukanni lists sync rights, collaborations and brand endorsement as some of the ways the group could have benefited over the years. That is not to say that the song’s popularity has necessarily translated to commercial success like Mariah Carey. “It is one of the greatest songs that have graced Nigerian airplay, and as it’s been carried along by listeners who have travelled beyond our borders, it is one of the greatest to do so.” Commercial success Olukanni, music marketer and Head of A&R at Soundhalla: “Whenever you listen to Odun Nlo Sopin by the CAC Good Women Choir, you will automatically be switched into a nostalgic realm. “Living in Jos made it more special because would advocate for it to be part of the setlist in school.” ![]() ![]() It’s more poignant as she grew up in northern Nigeria. READ MORE Revisiting five legendary African songs that made music history In school, we looked forward to singing carols and doing Christmas presentations,” she says. “I remember hearing the song on the radio. Today, the youth culture and Afrobeats era have christened it “Detty December.”įor people like Nigerian singer-songwriter Aramide, who grew up in the 1980s and 90s, Odun Nlo Sopin was inescapable. An annual music traditionĬhristmas in Nigeria is a truly special time. Odun Nlo Sopin was originally recorded in 1977 and released as their fifth album in 1979. Soon, the choir became a huge draw to services, and in time, they began to record albums for mass release. Their role was to accompany the sermons and prayer sessions, a task they took seriously. I think every artist should strive towards creating a timeless body of work, something that people will forever refer to. It was a mass choir of nearly 300 women, some of them wives of the clergy, but many more were regular members. It was against this backdrop that the Good Women’s Choir was founded in 1975. It was a fiery group that had come out of The Apostolic Church who believed in the efficacy of loud, passionate prayers and that the world was in existential danger, both from external crises and familiar African traditional beliefs that were antithetical to the Christian faith.Īlthough the CAC leadership consisted mainly of men, women played significant roles in its processes, such as lay-readers and choristers, and were encouraged to join the maternally Good Women’s Association. It was in the period that the Christ Apostolic Church reached its peak, having been founded around 1941 in the Yoruba southwest of the country. Several religious sects and denominations that previously were on the periphery experienced a rise as people chose to place their faith in God rather than in Nigeria’s volatile leadership. READ MORE Nigeria's Yemi Alade: ‘Music serves as a bridge between Africa and the rest of the world’ ![]()
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