Since the demise of Oba Adetoyese Laoye in 1975, very little has been documented on the late king, whom the late Maitama Sule called ‘The King who made music’.
Drummers welcome Prof. Yerima to the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding , Osogbo, Osun State
The late Timi Laoye is said to have placed the talking drum on the global map. His works are still widely mentioned and celebrated in Yoruba arts and culture till date. His legacy is a major part of Yoruba History in Nigeria. Today, it is doubtful if anybody can discuss drums in African culture without mentioning his name. He was not just a drummer, he was also an authority to be consulted and studied.
For Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, chairman, Board of Trustees, Timi Laoye’s “spirit of culture and arts illuminates both the young, old, African cultural experts and western cultural apologists who appreciate the essence of culture.” Beier’s eventual initiation paved way for many of his discoveries and experience about African culture and religion. He was able to discover for himself some important but sacred arts, rites, artifacts and divination system of the Yoruba.
The CBCIU executive director said, “given the corpus of his publications and academic engagements, there is certainly no doubt that Timi Adetoyese Laoye was an intellectual monarch. His published works have remained indispensable roadmap for scholars of African Studies and the bedrock of many masters’ dissertations and Ph.D. theses. He was a practical man of letters, a man who lived his thoughts.
Ulli Beier also encouraged Timi Laoye to document some aspects of Yoruba Talking Drum. “Oba Laoye was a major protagonist of the Yoruba renaissance who successfully mobilised a number of Yoruba Oba to preserve the culture and traditions of their people,” he said, adding, “in spite of the challenges facing the institution of monarchy in Nigeria today, the institution remains the vehicle for grassroots developments, modernisation and conflict management and resolution.
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