Veteran Folklore Singer, Jimi Solanke has revealed the secret behind his track “Yanmuyanmu”.
He said: “The track *Yanmuyanmu* is an expression of my thoughts about Nigeria in the late 70s. I had an experience of sleeping in a hotel once. In the morning all the clean white bedsheets were smeared with my blood by mosquitos I slept on,That was the yanmanyanman.
“In my understanding seeing my blood on the bedsheets is “wohwoh” pass. So,the mosquitoes died and left behind a great fear of my being infected by malaria. Just like a lot of projects,programs,plans and other Yanmuyanmu issues in my nation that will end up to be Yanmanyanman.
“Same for the second verse Potopoto and Roforofo etc. We are here imagining a poodle and a pond”.
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