Nigerian musician Babatunde Olatunji incorporated many of these elements into his music.
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Much like the rhythm of James Brown identified him and his music; the samba rhythms identify the music of Olatunji.
Olatunji Adeola, Nigerian football player currently with Kwara United F.C.
It has been covered by Serge Gainsbourg, under the title Marabout and with no credit given to Olatunji, on his Gainsbourg percussions LP (1964), by Santana, on their first album (1969), by James Last on his album Voodoo-Party (1971), by Pierre Moerlen's Gong on their Downwind album (1979), and by Fatboy Slim on his album Palookaville (2004).