Fela Kuti forms the Koola Lobitos with J. K. Buraimoh. Victor Olaiya represents Nigeria at the World Jazz Festival, Prague University School of Drama set up at Ibadan. The Mbari Club, Enugu established by Uche Okeke. I.K. Dairo receives MBE from the Queen. Wole Soyinka founds the Orisum Repertory Theatre Company.
Riots break out in Western Nigeria following election irregularities.
Western premier Obafemi Awolowa is jailed. Soyinka attempts to seize radio station in Ibadan. Commonwealth Festival, London, hosts plays by Wole Soyinka, J.P. Clark and Duro Ladipo. Sierra Leonian pop musician Geraldo Pino brings new sound to Lagos. The Interpreters in published.