Lagos International Jazz Festival
Musicians featured at the festival (either as guests or performers) include Aṣa, Courtney Pine, Freshly Ground, Beat Kaestli and Grammy award-winning artistes such as Lekan Babalola and Jermaine Jackson among others.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Also, the 2017 LIJ Festival was celebrated in collaboration with the Lagos@50 therefore, 50 musician were invited including two indigenous fuji artist like Akande Obesere and Malaika were called to perform.During the event the founder of LIJF, Ayoola Shadare in his speech said one of the purpose of the festival is to honour the indigenous musicians as other countries do.[15][16] The 2019 edition was dedicated to Oliver Mtukudzi, an African jazz icon who died on 23 January 2019.He was a Zimbabwean musician, businessman, philanthropist, human rights activist, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Southern Africa Region, known as "Tuku.