Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo "Fela" Sowande MBE (an haife shi a ranar 29 ga watan Mayun sheara ta 1905 - 13 Maris 1987) mawakin Najeriya ne kuma mawaki. An yi la'akari da mahaifin kiɗan fasaha na zamani na Najeriya, Sowande shine watakila mafi yawan sanannun mawallafin Afirka na ayyuka a cikin kalmar "classical" na Turai. Sowande (mai suna 'shoh-WAHN-daye') an haife shi a garin Abeokuta, kusa da Legas, ɗan Emmanuel Sowande, firist kuma majagaba na kiɗan cocin Najeriya. Tun yana yaro ya rera waka a cikin mawaƙa na Cocin Cathedral na Kristi. Ya yi karatu a CMS Grammar School da kuma King's College, Legas . Tasirin mahaifinsa da Dokta TK Ekundayo Phillips (mawaƙi, organist da choirmaster) ya kasance muhimmin al'amari a farkon shekarunsa. A lokacin, Sowande mawaƙa ne kuma an gabatar da shi ga sababbin ayyukan Yarbawa da ake shigar da su cikin majami'u. A wannan lokacin, ya karanci sashin jiki a karkashin Phillips (ciki har da ayyukan Bach da mashahuran gargajiya na Turai), kuma ya sami Diploma na Fellowship (FRCO) daga Royal College of Organists .