Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Nigeria Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
He welded fùjí to jùjú, called the result Afro-jùjú, and had a run in the early 1990s that Nigerians of that generation still measure everything against.
Sir Shina Peters is a Nigerian jùjú musician, celebrated for merging fùjí with jùjú to create the Afro-jùjú genre.
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