Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo "Fela" Sowande MBE (29 May 1905 - 13 Maachị 1987) bụ onye egwu na onye na-ede egwú Naijiria. A na-ewere ya dị ka nna nke egwu egwu Naijiria nke oge a, Sowande bụ ma eleghị anya onye na-ede egwú Afrịka kacha mara amara nke ọma na European "classical" akpaala okwu. Sowande (akpọ 'shoh-WAHN-daye') mụrụ na Abeokuta, na nso Lagos, nwa Emmanuel Sowande, onye ụkọchukwu na onye ọsụ ụzọ nke egwu ụka Naijiria. Mgbe ọ bụ nwata ọ na-abụ abụ n’ime ndị Choir of the Cathedral Church of Christ. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na CMS Grammar School na King's College, Lagos . Mmetụta nna ya na Dr TK Ekundayo Phillips (onye na-ede egwú, organist na choirmaster) bụ ihe dị mkpa n'oge ọ bụ nwata. N'oge ahụ, Sowande bụ onye na-agụ egwú ma webata ya na ọrụ Yoruba ọhụrụ a na-ewebata n'ime ụka. N'ime oge ahụ, ọ gụrụ akụkụ ahụ n'okpuru Phillips (gụnyere ọrụ Bach na ndị nna ochie nke Europe), wee nweta Diploma Fellowship (FRCO) site na Royal College of Organists .