Why Sikiru Ayinde Barrister Is the Pathfinder of Fuji Music — Beyond the “Modernizer” Argument By Laide Olawumi The debate over whether Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister was the creator or merely a modernizer of Fuji music has persisted for decades. While Alhaji General Kollington Ayinla and his supporters argue that Fuji evolved from Lagos Island Islamic music traditions of the 1950s and that both men merely modernized it, historical, conceptual, and practical evidence overwhelmingly supports Barr