Lijadu Sisters
| Lijadu Sisters | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kehinde Lijadu 22 October 1948 Ibadan, Colonial Nigeria Taiwo Lijadu 22 October 1948 Ibadan, Colonial Nigeria |
| Origin | Nigeria |
| Died | Kehinde Lijadu 9 November 2019 (aged 71) New York City, United States |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singers, songwriters |
| Years active | 1965–90, 2014–19 |
| Labels | Knitting Factory Records Decca Records Afrodisia Shanachie Numero Group |
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| Website | thelijadusisters |
Kehinde Lijadu (22 October 1948 – 9 November 2019) and Taiwo Lijadu (born 22 October 1948) were identical twin sisters from Nigeria who performed as the Lijadu Sisters from the mid-1960s to the 1980s. They achieved success in Nigeria, and also had a more modest success in the United States and Europe. Described as an influential dynamic who mixed Afrobeat sounds with jazz and disco, the sisters retired from the music scene in the late 1980s, reforming and performing sporadically during the 2010s up until Kehinde's death in 2019. They were the cousins of the popular Nigerian musician Fela Kuti.