Comfort Omoge

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

She died in 1999.[1]

References
  1. Idonoje, Benson (November 1999). "The best song for Comfort Omoge". The Guardian(Lagos).
  2. "Celebrating Comfort Omoge: The wife of a king who took traditional Ikale music global". Nigerian Entertainment Today. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  3. Idonije, Benson (September 1999). "The Great Highlife Series: Comfort Omoge… The Queen of Asiko".
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