Complex sentence: Tunji Sowande was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1912 to a fairly wealthy local family by standards--his father being the Anglican Priest-Emmanuel Sowande, a pioneer of church music in Lagos and contemporary of the distinguished classical composer and organist Ekundayo Phillips.
Split into simpler sentences: Tunji Sowande was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1912 to well off and musical family. His father was the Anglican Priest, Emmanuel Sowande, a pioneer of church music in Lagos and a contemporary of the classical composer and organist Ekundayo Phillips.