High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yusuf Olatunji, also known as Baba Legba or Baba L’Egbaa (born 1909, died 1978) was a Nigerian Sakara drum player, who popularized the sakara music style. He was purportedly born in 1909 in a village called GBEGBINLAWO in Ogun State in southwestern Nigeria, although there are still doubts about the location of his birth. His mid-life conversion to Islam boosted his career in Yoruba music. He was born a Christian and he hailed from Iseyin in Oyo state. He was formerly known as Joseph Olatunji.