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Batile Alake
Yoruba waka singer
Batile Alake | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Batili Alake |
| Born | Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria |
| Died | 2013 (2014) |
| Genres | Waka |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Singing |
| Years active | 1950s–1980s |
Musical artist
Batile or Batili Alake (died 2013) was a prominent Yorubawaka singer.[1][2]
Personal life
Batile Alake was born in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State.
Alhaja Batile Alake died in 2013, aged about 78 years.[3] Her precise age was not known.[4]
Career
Alake popularized the Islamic-inspired, Yoruba genre by playing at concerts and parties throughout Yorubaland, and was the first professional waka singer to record an album.[3] She was most active during the 1950s and 1960s.[5] She was among the overlapping crop of female musicians in the waka genre who came into prominence between the 1960s and 1980s.
These include Olawunmi Adetoun, Decency Oladunni, Adebukola Ajao