Waka music is a popular
Islamic-oriented
Yoruba musical genre. It was made popular by
Alhaja Batile Alake from
Ijebu, who took the genre into the mainstream Nigerian music by playing it at concerts and parties; also, she was the first waka singer to record an album. Later, younger singers like
Salawa Abeni and Kuburatu Alaragbo joined the pack. In 1992, Salawa Abeni was crowned "Queen of Waka" by the
Alafin of Oyo,
Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.