Author of the book, "Fela Anikulapo Kuti: Bruised. Battered. Beloved", Mr Tade Makinde (II), is set to release another book titled "Olu Makinde: Master of His Game" in December.

A source in the entertainment industry told Nairaland that the book is the biography of the late Olu Makinde, a celebrity journalist, who passed on February 20, 2015.

Makinde (I) organized the first musical competition in Nigeria in 1977. The competition was won by Sunny Ade.
What many music lovers and fans of the winner and the other participants did not know, however, is that both Sunny Ade and Olu Makinde immediately suffered persecutions from various quarters. One of the two victims almost lost his life, while the other almost quit his job.

The book also reveals the frosty relationship between the journalist and another popular musician whom Olu Makinde helped to resurrect his dead career, among his other contributions to Nigeria's entertainment industry.

The source described the book as an "extensive work of research that will shed light on a lot of unanswered questions as regards the travails and triumphs of the former editor of "The Entertainer", published by the defunct Sketch Newspapers of Nigeria.


By: Jude Osaze


Image caption:
When the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi (III), Iku Baba Yeye, crowned Sunny Ade as the King of Music in Ibadan in 1977. A picture from a page in the book