Admin l Thursday, March 21, 2019
IFE, Osun, Nigeria – Music legend 2Baba has been honoured with the award of the Fellow of the school of music by the Department of Music, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife today March 20, 2019.
He becomes the pioneer recipient of the award which was presented to him at the department’s 1st public lecture and fellowship award.
“Being the torch-bearer for the new pop movement is a role I do not take lightly. And I am honored to have been found worthy of such noble albeit enormous responsibility.” 2Baba said as he received the award.
At the well attended event where he was also a guest lecturer, the music icon who has stayed relevant in the Afro-pop scene for 2 decades presented a paper on the topic “2 decades of Afro-pop in Nigeria: The perspective of 2Baba”.
A day prior, 2Baba along with his wife Annie Idibia, and members of his team paid a courtesy visit to the Ooni of Ife, his Imperial majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II.
2Baba’s public lecture and award ceremony was immediately followed by a 1hour energetic and electric performance, in the Oduduwa hall which was filled to capacity.
