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Fuji maestro, Kolawole Rasaq Ilori, better known as General Kollington Ayinla, has revealed how his enrollment into the Nigerian Army forced him into music....
Ayinla Kollington
Nigerian musician
Ayinla Kollington | |
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| Also known as | Baba Alatika; Kebe-n-Kwara; Baba Alagbado |
| Born | (1949-08-20) 20 August 1949 (age 75) |
| Origin | Ilota, Kwara, Nigeria |
| Genres | Fuji music |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1962–present |
Musical artist
General Ayinla Kollington (born 20 August 1949), born Abdulrasaq Kolawole Ilori to Chief Ayanda Ilori, a Kingmaker and Alhaja Asiawu Mofodeke Ilori.
The photograph of General Ayinla Kollington and the late Ayinde Barrister captures a moment in time when two of Nigeria's most influential.
He is a NigerianFuji musician and one of the pioneers of the genre. He hailed from Ilota, a Town on the outskirt of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. He is also called Baba Alatika, Kebe-n-Kwara, Baba Alagbado.[1]
Life
Ayinla Kollington ranks alongside his friend and competitor Ayinde Barrister as the two most important artists to dominate Fuji music from its inception in the 1970s through to the 1990s, by which time it had grown to become one of the most popular dance genres in Nigeria.[2] Between the mid-1970s and la