Comfort Omoge was a Nigerian musician known as the queen and chief exponent of Asiko music, a traditional African folklore music of the Ikale people in the Western State of Nigeria. Married to the traditional ruler of Igbodigo who also encouraged her music passion; she performed with her 15-17 member band, named Aboba Asiko, who used mostly traditional percussive instruments, while she sang a modern interpretation of traditional folk songs of her people. In 1976, she released her first album Orogen rogen. In 1980, while signed with Afrodisia/Decca Records, she released the album, Irore re yi ran, where she infused Christian teachings in her traditional music.
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| - Comfort Omoge was a Nigerian musician known as the queen and chief exponent of Asiko music, a traditional African folklore music of the Ikale people in the Western State of Nigeria. Married to the traditional ruler of Igbodigo who also encouraged her music passion; she performed with her 15-17 member band, named Aboba Asiko, who used mostly traditional percussive instruments, while she sang a modern interpretation of traditional folk songs of her people. In 1976, she released her first album Orogen rogen. In 1980, while signed with Afrodisia/Decca Records, she released the album, Irore re yi ran, where she infused Christian teachings in her traditional music. (en)
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| - Comfort Omoge was a Nigerian musician known as the queen and chief exponent of Asiko music, a traditional African folklore music of the Ikale people in the Western State of Nigeria. Married to the traditional ruler of Igbodigo who also encouraged her music passion; she performed with her 15-17 member band, named Aboba Asiko, who used mostly traditional percussive instruments, while she sang a modern interpretation of traditional folk songs of her people. In 1976, she released her first album Orogen rogen. In 1980, while signed with Afrodisia/Decca Records, she released the album, Irore re yi ran, where she infused Christian teachings in her traditional music. She died in 1999. (en)
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