Welcome to Juwon Ogungbe's Website

As time passes, it becomes clearer that journeys are more important than destinations. This is not to suggest that we should wander aimlessly through life, without any goals or ideals. It's only when looking back on the way things have happened that one sometimes...

Every community has notions about what is regarded as genteel behaviour. Individuals can opt to conform to that way of being, or they can choose to live on the margins. When a person has more than one set of cultural practices to consider, he or she has to exert more...

It feels like almost a lifetime ago, when I returned to band leading after taking a break from it for nine years (2000-2009). Reconnecting with colleagues from my days as an emerging musician led to a process of playing songs in public from the wide repertoire of my...