Prince Adekunle (1942-2017) ya kasance mawaƙin Jùjú na Najeriya. An haife shi a ranar 22 ga Oktoba 1942, Adekunle ya fito ne daga asalin Egba, daga Abeokuta a Jihar Ogun . Adekunle ya kasance babban mai kirkiro da karfi a cikin yanayin kiɗa na jùjú, tare da salon motsa jiki na Afrobeat. Shahararrun mawaƙa kamar Sir Shina Peters da Segun Adewale sun fara aikinsu suna wasa tare da ƙungiyarsa, Western Brothers . Koda ya zagaya Ingila a farkon shekarun 1970, bai zama sananne ba a wajen Najeriya.^[1]

Kiɗa na Jùjú, wanda Tunde King ya fara kirkirar a cikin shekarun 1930, ya zama tushen kiɗan Yarima Adekunle. Masu kiɗa na rayuwa kamar Bobby Benson da Tunde Nightingale sun gabatar da ra'ayoyin jazz da sabbin kayan kida. Ebenezer Obey da Sunny Adé sun kawo guitar da kuma synthesizers. Duk waɗan sun zama tushen sabon salon kiɗa na juju na Adekunle.Afrobeat, wanda Fela Kuti da sauransu suka fara a ƙarshen shekarun 1960, wani babban tasiri ne ga Yarima Adekunle da ƙungiyarsa Western State Brothers, daga baya Supersonic Sounds . Tare sanyi amma tuki, salon sophisticated, Yarima Adekunle an dauke shi daya daga cikin manyan masu zane-zane na kiɗa na Jùjú.^[2][3]

Afrobeat kuma rinjayi mai kula da Adekunle Sir Shina Peters wanda ya kirkiro sauti mai saurin "Afro juju".Sir Shina Peters ya tuna cewa lokacin da yake matashi, Yarima Adekunle ya yi abokantaka da shi. Wani wakilin ya ce ya kamata a kira shi dan Yarima Adekunle a matsayin tallace-tallace, kuma wannan shine yadda aka san shi da Shina Omo Adekunle. Kodayake tallafin na ainihi ba ne, mutane sun yarda da shi kuma a wata hanya ya zama na ainihi.Shina Peters Segun Adewale, wadanda suka zama manyan taurari biyu na shekarun 1980, dukansu sun fara aikinsu a tsakiyar shekarun 1970 tare da Yarima Adekunle.^{[4] [5] [6]}

kiɗa ta Jùjú kuma mai gabatar da rawa ta Soko, Dayo Kujore, wani mawaƙi ne wanda ya ba da bashi sosai ga Yarima Adekunle, yana wasa da guitar a wasu daga cikin waƙoƙinsa na gargajiya kamar "Aditu ede" da "Eda n reti eleya".

watan Mayu na shekara ta 2004, Adenkunle ya kasance daga cikin sauran mawaƙa waɗanda suka haɗu don tattauna hanyoyin da za a juyar da raguwar kiɗa na jùjú na yanzu, yayin da yake adawa da shawarar da Sarki Sunny Adé ya yi na kafa ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta jùjú.

^[7] Janar Adekunle ya mutu a ranar Asabar 2 ga Satumba 2017.

Jerin LPs: ^[8]

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090322045043/http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/EAAdekunle.html
2. ↑ Alexander Akorlie Agordoh (2005). African music: traditional and contemporary. Nova Publishers. p. 109. ISBN 1-59454-554-5.
3. ↑ Frank Tenaille (2002). Music is the weapon of the future: fifty years of African popular music. Chicago Review Press. p. 16. ISBN 1-55652-450-1.
4. ↑ "Various – Nigeria 70 : Lagos Jump". Paris DJs. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
5. ↑ JULIANA FRANCIS (30 April 2004). "Shina Peter's revelation My life as Obey's houseboy". The Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
6. ↑ "Nigerian Music: 1980s and '90s". OnlineNigeria. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
7. ↑ https://punchng.com/general-prince-adekunle-dies-at-72/
8. ↑ "Discography of Prince Adekunle". John Beadle. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.