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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:activeYears
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1930s–1980s
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:BBC
gptkb:Nigerian_Broadcasting_Corporation
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gptkbp:award
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gptkb:Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire_(MBE)
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1905-05-29
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Abeokuta,_Nigeria
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:Ravenna,_Ohio,_United_States
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1987-03-13
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Ravenna,_Ohio,_United_States
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:King's_College,_Lagos
gptkb:London_University
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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Yoruba
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gptkbp:father
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gptkb:Emmanuel_Sowande
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Olufela_Obafunmilayo_Sowande
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:choral_music
classical music
Nigerian folk music
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Fela Sowande
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Herbert_Howells
gptkb:Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor
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gptkbp:instrument
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gptkb:organization
gptkb:piano
harmonium
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gptkbp:knownFor
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incorporating African musical elements into Western classical music
pioneering Nigerian art music
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gptkbp:legacy
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regarded as the father of modern Nigerian art music
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:Nigerian
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Obangiji
gptkb:African_Suite
Akinla
Kyrie in Yoruba
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:professor
composer
musicologist
organist
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gptkbp:recordLabel
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gptkb:Decca_Records
gptkb:EMI
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Christianity
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gptkbp:taughtAt
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gptkb:Howard_University
gptkb:University_of_Pittsburgh
gptkb:Kent_State_University
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:African_Suite
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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