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Muraina Oyelami
Nigerian painter and performing artist
Chief Muraina Oyelami (born 21 February 1940) is a Nigerian painter and drummer of Yoruba descent.
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He was among the first generation of artists to come out of the Osogbo School of Art in the 1960s. He was a drummer and actor with the theatre company of Duro Ladipo. He taught traditional music and dance at Obafemi Awolowo University from 1976 to 1987.
As a musician, he trained in the dùndún (talking drum) and the Batá drum. He was the chief of his hometown Iragbiji.
Early life
Muraina Oyelami was born on 21 February 1940[1] in Iragbiji, Osun State.[2]
Drumming, theatre and arts
From 1963 to 1965, Oyelami undertook training in the dùndún (talking drum) from Oba Laoye, who was Timi of Ede.
During the same time, he studied the Batá drum with Ayantunji Amoo of Okinni and Abeyefo of Iseyin.[3] He was a drummer and actor with the Duro Ladipo National Theatre, the theatre company of Yoruba dr