Lijadu Sisters

**Kehinde Lijadu** (22 Ọktoba 1948 - 9 Nọvemba 2019) na **Taiwo Lijadu** (amụrụ 22 Ọktoba 1948) bụ ụmụnne nwanyị ejima si Nigeria bụ ndị mere dị ka **ndị nwanyị Lijadu** site n'etiti 1960s ruo 1980s.  Ha nwetara ihe ịga nke ọma na Nigeria, ma nweekwa ihe ịga nke ọma karịa na United States na Europe .  Akọwapụtara dị ka ụdị West African nke Pointer Sisters bụ ndị gwakọtara ụda Afrobeat na jazz na disco, ha lara ezumike nka na egwu egwu na ngwụcha afọ 1980, na-emegharịgharị ma na-eme ihe n'oge na-adịbeghị anya n'oge 2010 ruo mgbe Kehinde nwụrụ na 2019.  Ha bụ ụmụ nwanne onye oti egwu Naịjirịa ama ama bụ Fela Kuti . 

## Ọrụ
Ụmụ ejima a tolitere n'obodo Naijiria nke Ibadan, ndị omenkà dị iche iche gụnyere Aretha Franklin, Victor Olaiya na Miriam Makeba kpaliri egwu egwu . Ha nwetara ntụzịaka sitere n'aka onye na-emepụta egwu Lemmy Jackson bụ onye e kwuru na ọ nyere ha aka na ọganihu mbụ ha.  Egwu ha bụ ngwakọta nke Jazz, Afrobeat, Reggae na Waka . Mgbe ụfọdụ, ha na-abụ abụ n’asụsụ Bekee na oge ndị ọzọ n’asụsụ Africa.  Otu n'ime egwu mbụ ha bụ enyemaka sitere n'aka onye ọkpụkpọ jazz saxophone Orlando Julius haziri. Ha wepụtara album mbụ ha *bụ Iya Mi Jowo* na 1969 ka ha nwetachara nkwekọrịta ndekọ na Decca Records . Ha na Biddy Wright nwụrụ anwụ rụkọrọ ọrụ na ọba *egwu* nke atọ ha (1976). American rapper Nas sampled "Life's Gone Down Low", egwu dị na *egwu egwu*, dị ka "Life's Gone Low" na Mixtape 2006 ya na-enyeghị onye duo ahụ.  Ụmụnne nwanyị Lijadu dekọtara *Sunshine* na 1978 na *Horizon Unlimited* na 1979.

Ụmụnne nwanyị ndị a bụ nnukwu kpakpando na Nigeria n'ime 1970s na 1980s.  N'ime afọ ndị a, ha batara na America na Europe wee nweta ihe ịga nke ọma. Ha jiri egwu egwu Ginger Baker mere *nnu* na egwuregwu Olympic nke Munich 1972 na Munich na World Music Festival. *Akwụkwọ akụkọ New York Times* kọrọ na ụmụnna nwanyị ahụ bụ “ndị mmụọ nweere onwe ha na-amụmụ ọnụ ọchị” bụ ndị na-agwakọta “ụmụnne nwanyị ịgba egwu na ịchụ nwoke na nwanyị” na mmemme ha nke gosipụtara ozi dị mma dị ka abamuru nke ịlaghachi n'ụlọ.  Nọmba reggae ha *Reincarnation* siri ọnwụ na ọ bụrụ na ịlọ ụwa bụ eziokwu, na ha ga-achọ ka alọghachi ọzọ n'ime ụlọ ebe ha tolitere.  Ụfọdụ n'ime egwu ha bụ isiokwu ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị.  A kọwara nkwekọ ha dị ka "ethereal". 

N'afọ 1984 , Shanachie Records wepụtara *Nsogbu Ugboro abụọ* na US nke bụ mkpokọta ihe ha dekọrọ na mbụ site na ọba ha *Horizon Unlimited* and *Danger* . Egwu ha bụ "Orere Elejigbo" tinyere na CD abụọ akpọrọ *Nigeria 70*, *Africa 100*, wee tinye ya na listi egwu *Roots & Wings* na 1997. 

N'ime 1980s, ụmụnna nwanyị ahụ kwagara Brooklyn, New York.  Ha mere n'ebe dị iche iche gụnyere Wetland klọb Manhattan dị ala yana na Harlem na King Sunny Adé 's African Beats dị ka ndị na-akwado ha. Ha na ndị otu Philly Gumbo sitere na Philadelphia mere.  E gosipụtara ha na akwụkwọ egwu *Konkombé* site n'aka onye nduzi Bekee Jeremy Marre, na egwu ha gosipụtara na nkeji Naijiria nke usoro egwu ụwa nke 14 nke isiokwu ya bụ *Beats of the Heart* nke na-agbasa na PBS n'oge njedebe 1980.

Na 1 Eprel 2014, ha pụtara ndụ na ụtụ kpakpando niile, Atomic! Bomb Band, maka reclusive Nigerian musician William Onyeabor na Barbican Center na London. Ha bụrụ abụ nke ha gụnyere "Danger", yana inye nkwado na ụda olu na ihe William Onyeabor.  Ha jikwa Atọmk eme ihe! Bọmbụ Band na *ihe ngosi abalị a na-egosi Jimmy Fallon* na ụbọchị nlegharị anya na New York, San Francisco na Los Angeles na Mee 2014. 

Na 9 Nọvemba 2019, Kehinde nwere ọrịa strok wee nwụọ n'otu ụbọchị ahụ, mgbe ọ dị afọ 71.  

## Nyocha

* Onye nkatọ egwu *New York Times* Jon Pareles kọwara egwu ha dị ka "ọdịda ọdịda anyanwụ Afrịka na ndị Pointer Sisters" na ngwakọta nke Nigerian Afro-beat, reggae, South Africa pop nwere ihe disco na " Memphis soul ".  Onye nkatọ Peter Watrous kọwara ụda ụmụnna ndị ahụ dị ka "na-agba ọsọ". 

* Onye nyocha Myles Boisen na *akwụkwọ ntuziaka All Music* dere na ha bụ "ihe na-adịghị ahụkebe na egwu egwu Africa" ma gbakwụnye na ha bụ "ụmụnne nwanyị ejima a tọhapụrụ bụ ndị na-ekerịta ìhè na nkwekọ dị nro ma na-enye ndị agha nkwado dị nkọ, na-emepụta ihe." 

## Ihe ngosi

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## Njikọ mpụga

* Official website – official site
* The Lijadu Sisters on Bandcamp
* The Lijadu Sisters on Facebook
* The Lijadu Sisters on Instagram
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