02 Oct
862: Island Records signs King Sunny Ade, tries to make Juju music from Nigeria the next Reggae
In 1974, after being fed-up with the way major labels treated artists, Nigerian-born King Sunny Ade started releasing albums on Mango Records, a subsidiary of Island Records. Juju Music was Ade’s first album for Island, and its success earned him the nickname the African Bob Marley.
Definitive Compilation of King Sunny Adé’s Discography by Toshiya Endo
King Sunny Ade interview by Jason Gross from Perfect Sound Forever site (June 1998)