Music and Muhammad Babangida

The history of music is an important one, as it often echoes the history of a culture. In today's music world, where music is treated as only a commodity to be consumed by the masses, the history of musical genres is often forgotten in favor of producing inoffensive medium-level music that appeals to the widest audience. This is particularly noticeable in the genres of jazz, blues and R&B, all of which are tied together in history and all of which have been appropriated for mass consumption.

One man interested in searching out the history of these musical genres is Muhammad Babangida, a Nigerian businessman who has started a blog to talk about the history of music. Muhammad Babangida is most interested in tracking these American genres back to their origins in Africa, and in discussing how African music has influenced contemporary music all around the world. Visit Muhammad Babangida's blog  to read more about African music and its relationship to the genres we are all familiar with.