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Lagos After 9
Actually, in pre-colonial nightlife, which were characterized by activities in night spots like Kakadu, Afrika Shrine, Mamakoko. and quite a number of other places, you could enjoy the ever-present live bands and music from local and African Westcoast musicians and bands in the likes of the late Ayinde Bakare, I. K. Dairo, Bobby Benson, Rex Lawson, Adeolu Akinsanya, Araba, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and the Egypt 80 Band, T. T. Mensah, etc. Such very popular and almost cultic scenes and events disappeared completely in the late 1980s, as a result of successive bad governments, leading to further impoverishment of the people. Before then, anybody could visit any popular night club (or spot) after work and enjoy themselves. Anyways, in the early to mid-90s, more organized night spots emerged, most of which were a little high-brow; the old ones that managed to survive had to reform. Nevertheless,...
