Serifatu Oladunni Oduguwa (1949-1978), popularly known by her stagename Queen Oladunni Decency or Queen Mummy Juju, was a Nigerian singer and guitarist who specialized in the Jùjú genre of music. Regarded as the first female guitarist in Nigeria, she was the founder and leader of a Jùjú music band called Queen Oladunni Decency and Her Unity Orchestra.
Links to Peel[]
Peel played a track from the musician in 1973 on his radio programme, probably sent from someone who visited Nigeria or an import LP he discovered. This was at a time when he had sessions of artists from Nigeria, due to Ginger Baker returning from Nigeria to the UK, following his travels across the continent to explore its music, resulting in a BBC TV Omnibus documentary called 'Ginger Baker In Africa'. Around the same time, he gave Peel a series of African sessions recorded at his recording studio in Nigeria, which were broadcast on Sounds Of The Seventies as the 'Lagos Sessions' throughout July of that year.
Shows Played[]
- 26 June 1973: All African Games (LP: African New Tempo TYC 37-L)