Ina Ran

Enjoy the beautiful sounds of Southern Nigeria. Carefully composed with fantastic vocals to take you to take you on an auditory journey.

The talking drum is one of the oldest musical instruments used by master drummers. It’s a highly stylized instrument that has its origin in the West African regions of Africa. The drum can be found in Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, and Nigeria. It is prominent among the Yoruba ethnic group but can be found in neighboring Nigerian countries like Togo and Benin Republic The drums are carved out of tree trunks and are made having an hourglass shape with long leather tension cords attached from the drum head to the base of the drum. The crown or top side is usually made out of stretched animal skin pulled taut, which covers a hollow midsection; the drum could have a single membrane or double skinned and comes in varied sizes, depending on the origin and function.

Taxi Driver was a song composed and sung by I.K Dairo. I.K Dairo, who’s known to be a Great Nigeria Juju artist has composed several songs.

Roots recounts the tale of Kunta Kinte - a youngster taken from The Gambia when he was seventeen and sold as a slave - and seven ages of his relatives in the United States. Kunta has a normally troublesome however free youth in his village, Juffure. His village subsists on farming, and at times they need more food, as the climate is cruel. However Kunta is encircled by love and customs. One morning when he is cutting wood to make a drum, he is captured. After a terrible journey across the Atlantic, he is sold in Annapolis to John Waller. Kunta attempts to flee multiple times, and after the fourth endeavor part of his right foot is cut off.