Waka music

Music of Nigeria
Timeline Samples
Genres
Hip hop Reggae Gospel
Specific forms
Traditional music	Hausa Igbo Yoruba
Other music	Indigenous Igbo highlife Igbo rap Apala Fuji Jùjú Afrobeat Afro-juju Waka Yo-pop
Media and performance
Music awards	Headies NEA CPEA
Music festivals	Carniriv Calabar Carnival Felabration
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	"Arise, O Compatriots"

Waka music is a popular Islamic-oriented Yoruba musical genre. It was made popular by Alhaja Batile Alake from Ijebu, who took the genre into the mainstream Nigerian music by playing it at concerts and parties; also, she was the first waka singer to record an album. Later, younger singers like Salawa Abeni and Kuburatu Alaragbo joined the pack. In 1992, Salawa Abeni was crowned "Queen of Waka" by the Alafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.

Waka music has no connection whatsoever with the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup called Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) which is a traditional African soldiers' song from Cameroon.

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