Obafemi Awolowo University honours 2Baba vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The singer becomes pioneer recipient of the award which was presented to him at the department’s 1st Public Lecture and Fellowship Awards held at the school’s premises yesterday.
“Being the torch-bearer for the new pop movement is a role I do not take lightly, and I am honoured to have been found worthy of such noble albeit enormous responsibility”, 2Baba said as he received the award.At the well-attended event where he was also a guest lecturer, the music icon who has stayed relevant on the afro-pop music scene for over two decades presented a paper on the topic “2 decades of afro-pop in Nigeria: The perspective of 2Baba”.
Meanwhile, the previous day, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 2Baba, along with his wife Annie Idibia and members of his team paid a courtesy visit to the Ooni of Ife, his Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II. 2Baba’s public lecture and award ceremony were immediately followed by a 1-hour energetic and electric performance, in the Oduduwa hall which was filled to capacity.
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