Apala is a musical genre, originally derived from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is a percussion-based style that developed in the late 1930s, when it was used to wake worshippers after fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The rhythms of apala grew more complex over time, influenced by Cuban music and eventually became quite popular in Nigeria. Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... The Yorùbá are the largest ethnic group in Nigeria, comprising approximately 26 percent of that countrys total population, and numbering about close to 100 million individuals throughout the region of West Africa. ... Percussion instruments are played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped. ... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented First atom was split with a particle accelerator Golden Age of radio begins in U.S. Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur... Islam (Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Ramadan or Ramadhan (Arabic: رمضان ) is the ninth month of the Islamic year. ... The Caribbean island of Cuba has been influential in the development of multiple musical styles in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...

Instruments include a rattle (sekere), thumb piano (agidigbo) and a bell (agogo, as well as two or three talking drums. Bell has a range of meanings: A bell is a simple sound-making device, including Tubular bells and cowbells. ... KMFDM released the album Agogo in 1998, on TVT Records. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

Haruna Ishola is undoubtedly the most well-known performer of apala in Nigerian history. He played an integral role in the popularization of the genre, and incorporating it into fuji music. you suck Fuji is a style of popular Nigerian music, popularized in the early 1970s by performers like Sikiru Ayyinde Barrister. ...