Konkombe: The Nigerian Pop Music Scene

Nigeria has produced some of the most diverse, most exciting pop artist to come to the attention of Western audiences. Such performers as King Sunny Ade, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Sonny Okosun, I. K. Dairo, Ebenezer Obey and others have helped make African music a key component of the World Beat movement. KONKOMBE is an extroidinary journey to the Nigerian op music scene, a perfect introduction to the endlessly facinating world of African pop's dizzying array of sounds, rhythms and melodies. The film is a musical kaleidoscope of juju, Afrobeat, highlife, Afro-pop and Lagos street music, taking you into recording studios, to a party given by the Chief of Lagos, into the inner sanctum of major stars and more. It features intimate interviews, recording sessions, and performances by stars of African music, in short, the entire spectrum of the Nigerian pop music scene.