  fuji is a popular nigerian musical genre. it arose from the improvisation ajisari/were music tradition, which is a kind of music performed to wake muslims before dawn during the ramadan fasting season. were music/ajisari itself was made popular by alhaji sikiru ayinde barrister. ==history== were music/ajisari, traditionally, was an islamic type music played by the muslim kids in yorubaland to wake the faithful for fasting during ramadan festival. this musical genre was made popular by alhaji dauda epo-akara, the deceased ibadan-based "awurebe" founder and ganiyu kuti, a.k.a. "gani irefin".w. akpan, "and the beat goes on?", in m. drewett and m. cloonan, eds, popular music censorship in africa (aldershot: ashgate publishing, ltd., 2006), isbn 0-7546-5291-2, p. 101. the muslim community in lagos metropolis (lagos mainland and lagos island) had a sizeable number of âajiwereâ acts. these early performers drew great inspiration from yoruba sakara music style (using the sakara drum but without the violin-like goje instrumentâwhich is normally played with an accompanying fiddle). the long list of notable isale eko (lower lagos city) âajiwereâ performers during the early independence years included sikiru 'omo' abiba, ajadi ganiyu, ayinde muniru mayegun a.k.a. "general captain," ajadi bashiru, sikiru onishemo, kawu aminu, jibowu barrister (under whom alhaji sikiru ayinde barrister performed), ayinde fatayi, kasali alani, saka olayigbade, ayinla yekinni, bashiru abinuwaye, etc. varying styles were beginning to evolve by this time, and it was not unusual for a few to play mouth organs (harmonica) between âajiwereâ interludes within their compositions. alhaji sikiru ayinde barrister was the lead singer/composer of the popular ajisari group, jibowu barrister, under the leadership of alhaji jibowu barrister (mentioned above). alhaji sikiru ayinde barrister and other young âajiwereâ "rocked" lagos and its environs. alhaji sikiru ayinde barrister is the creator of fuji music, one of the variations of were/ajisari musical genre.unknown facts about sikiru ayinde barrister https://www.premiumtimesng.com/arts-entertainment/117934-unknown-facts-about-sikiru-ayinde-barrister-by-olayinka-olaribigbe.html#sthash.szutb1fo.dpbs the name, "fuji," chosen for the new musical genre was conceived in a rather funny and unusual way. according to alhaji sikiru ayinde barrister: 
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