Hope for Non-Singing Songwriters in Africa

This is an unusual blog, it is not following the usual pattern of previous posts. I am sharing a post from my facebook account and I do hope you find it meaningful.

I have asked this question many times, since the days of audio cassettes. For every tape I bought there's a ritual:...

Posted by Joseph Babatunde Adegboye on Sunday, July 26, 2020
Location: Ibadan, Nigeria

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