Ooni Of Ife Celebrates King Sunny Ade At 70 In OAU Campus

The Ooni of Ile Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, hosted the king of Juju music, Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, popularly known as King Sunny Ade as he celebrated his 70th birthday. Born on 22nd September, 1946 to Prince Samuel Adegeye of the Ondo Royalty, KSA, had a musical focus of royal proportions set for him from the beginning.

In honor of these accomplishments, Ooni of Ile-Ife organized a Lecture tagged: Music Industry: The Way Forward, delivered by Prof. Tunji Vidal, Professor of music, Mountain Top University. Dignitaries present at the event were Prof. CBN Ogbogbo, University of Ibadan, Dr. Abel Adeleke, HOD of Music, The polytechnics, Ibadan, Prof Awoyemi, Registrar Obafemi Awolowo University who represented the VC.

The event took place at Oduduwa Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife Osun State.