Thread by @KR3Wmatic

11 years ago, Dr. Síkírù Àyìndé Barrister, you left me, you left us. Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.

Your music is one of the things that keeps my heart beating, one of the things that keeps me alive. ❤🌷🕊

#FujiCreator #FujiMusic #Fuji #SikiruAyinde

He was one of the most amazing men & fathers I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet. What an extraordinary life he lived.

A bí Síkírù Àyìndé Barrister nínú ẹb́i Sàláwù Balógun ní ìlú Ìb̀adàn, bàbá rẹ̀ Sàláwù Balógun jẹ́ Alápatà Ẹran, nígbà tí ìyá rẹ̀ jẹ́ Oníṣòwò pẹ́pẹ̀ẹ̀pẹ́. Ó lọ Ilé-Ìwé alákọ̀ọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀ ti Muslim Mission àti Ilé-Ìwé Model ti Mushin tó wà nílù Èkó.

Lẹ́yìn èyí ni ó lọ sí ilé-ìwé àkọ́ṣẹ́-mọṣẹ́ ti Yaba Polytechnic láti kọ́ nípa ìmọ̀ òǹtẹ̀wé àti àwọn iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ mìíràn. Àyìndé Barrister bẹ̀rẹ̀ iṣé orin kíkọ láti ìgbà kékeré rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí Ají-Sààrì tàbí Ají-wérẹ lásìkò Àwẹ̀ àwọn Mùsùlùmí.

Bí ó ṣe ńṣiṣẹ́ rẹ̀ náà ló ń kọrin pẹ̀lú rẹ̀. Ó ṣiṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí Atẹ̀wé fún Ilé-Iṣẹ́ tí ó pọn ọtí Nigerian Breweries, lẹ́yìn náà ni wọ́n gbà gẹ́gẹ́ bí òǹtẹ̀wé ránṣẹ́ ní Ilé-Iṣẹ́ Ológun Nigerian Army látàrí akitiyan rẹ̀, lásìkò ogun abẹ́lé.

Ó ṣíṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí Ọmọ ogun ní Ẹ̀ka kẹwàá '10th Brigade' ti ìpín Kejì '2nd Division' ti Ilé-Iṣẹ́ Ológun Nàìjíríà lábẹ́ Ọ̀gágun 'Adéníran' ó sì jà fitafita ní Awka, Abagana àti Onitsha.

He served in the 10th Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Nigerian Army under Colonel Adeniran and fought in Awka, Abagana and Onitsha. On his return from the war, he was posted to the Army Signals Headquarters, Apapa and later to the Army Resettlement Centre, Oshodi.

He left the army to become a full-time musician and proceeded to start a full-fledged band of 34 percussionists and vocalists called the "Supreme Fuji Commanders".

In 1966, Ayinde Barrister released his first LP record. ❤🕊🙌🏽

#SikiruAyinde #Fuji #FujiMusic #FujiCreator