Wura Samba
Country Nigeria Genres afrobeat band roots traditional Website www.musicinafrica.net Facebook /people/Wura-Samba/100063468583880 Instagram /wurasamba Festival Sauti za Busara 2025 Recordings 📼 AJO, 2017, ONALA by volume sonore, 2020, AJO (REBIRTH) 2024
Wura Samba is a 9-piece member afro drumming and percussion band that brings the electrifying vibrations of African. Wura (meaning "Gold" in Yoruba language of West Africa) Wura is multi-talented, percussionist
The band combines African drumming, folk songs and costumes together in an innovative showcase. It performs contemporary Africa music using expired modernized Sambabe, an 8-piece tradition square wooden percussion instruments which is influenced mainly from yoruba culture of west Africa.
Prominently supported by other traditional percussion instruments like dundun talking drums, bata drums, sekere and Agogo, bass guitar and rhythm guitar and trap drums, Wura Samba presents lyrics in Yoruba, English or a blend of the two as colloquially spoken in Nigerian cities.
Wura Samba's music is a fusion of traditional Africa folk songs and modern use of classical and Yoruba traditional percussion instruments. Many of the songs dwell on social issues, while others simply entertain.
Having worked professionally in the Nigerian music industry for over 20 years, he appeared in different events across the globe including South Africa, Benin, Ghana, Tunisia, Belgium, Australia, Switzerland, Japan, Brazil and more. He is very keen to represent Nigeria at Sauti za Busara 2025.
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