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Edo Funk Explosion Vol.1 (CD) Animation the Royal Institute of TranslationIt was in Benin City, in the heart of Nigeria, that a new hybrid of intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk was born. It first emerged in the late 1970s when a group of musicians began to experiment with different ways of integrating elements from their native Edo culture and fusing them with new sound effects coming from West Africa s night clubs. Unlike the rather polished 1980 s Nigerian disco productions coming out of the international