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================================================== Ayinla Omowura is a very popular Apala Musician that lived in Abeokuta, a southwestern Nigerian Town. He goes by several nicknames among which are Egunmagaji, Anigilaje et cetera. He was born and lived all his life in Toko, a quarter of Abeokuta. To say he was a talented musician is an understatement to those who understand Yoruba Language. Contrary to the notion that Apala genre Apala grew out of “Were” music, it is a completely different art form from its much younger cousin, Fuji; which metamorphosed from “were”. Were music is a rudimentary art form that is practiced by Muslim youths to wake-up the Muslim faithful early in the morning during the month Ramadan. This author has no knowledge of the exact origin of Apala music. Other notable musicians of this genre are, Haruna Isola, Ligali Mukaiba among others. A lot is not completely known about Ayinla Omowura himself and more research will be in order and, this author intend to improve this page as more information is known. While he play Apala music for several decades, he reach professional and economic pinnacle of his profession from around 1970 to eaaly 80's when he reeled most if not all of his albums. Apala music itself looks simple when it is viewed from the components that produces the music which are various grades of talking drums [This is universal in most, if not all of Yoruba music’s], sekere [A beaded calabash that produces some coarse sounds when shake], Igba [Another calabash instrument except in this case, the percussionist were some special forms of rings with which he produces special sounds by gently touching of the calabash), Agidigbo [A type of drum], and a few other instrument of similar nature as above. However, it is about the most difficult genre to master because of the intricate nature of the way the lyrics is expected to match the rhythm of the instruments. For instance, there is hardly any long pulse by the lead singer so, for a 45 minute LP, you can expect lyrics that is sufficient to produce 10 LP of most other type of genre. This singular distinction makes Apala music a tough genre to master. Ayinla music can better be appreciated by those with deep knowledge of Yoruba Language. Being a speaker is not sufficient. He is at his best when he link words in a metaphor strings such that he can sing for about five minutes about a topic without actually mentioning what the exact topic. It is like listening to a poet reading his poem.

At other times, he can be brutally honest as he sometimes sing on topics that others will consider to be morally burdesome. He died in the Early 80's following a fight with one of his ex-group member at a night club. The story has it that he was hit with a beer bottle at his temple.