Dauda Epo-Akara

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Dauda Akanmu Epo-Akara (born 23 June 1943), a Yoruba musician from the historical city of Ibadan, was the main force behind the popular Yoruba music genre called were music. He started producing SP and LP records under Saliu Adetunji's Omo Aje Records label in Lagos.^{[citation needed]} Epo-Akara's band was originally known as Dauda Akanmu Epo Akara & His Ajisari Group, but when he returned from Mecca and Medina, he changed his group's name to Alhaji Dauda Epo Akara & His Awurebe Sound.^{[citation needed]}