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Studios Ltd · RC awaited · Film · Video · Music

Film, video & music.

Makaya Studios Ltd is the creative production company of the estate — film, video and music. It stages Awesome Praise, the multi-national gospel concert, and produces the songs released under the Makaya Plantation imprint — produced by Olawale Opayinka of Makaya Studios.

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Plural at the root, singular on the record. The estate is “Plantations”; the music is “Plantation.” One letter carries the whole structure.

What the Studio Does

One production company. Film, video & music.

The Concert

Awesome Praise

The flagship gospel concert Makaya Studios stages — London, Washington D.C., Johannesburg and Lagos since 2002, and the principal cause-event for 3E Foundation. Its 25th anniversary lands 14 September 2027.

Enter Awesome Praise →

The Imprint

Makaya Plantation

The imprint (singular) printed on the studio’s song releases — original gospel and praise music, produced by Olawale Opayinka of Makaya Studios Ltd and distributed on the major platforms.

Listen on Spotify →

Releases · Makaya Plantation imprint

The catalogue.

Seventeen original, IFPI-registered songs — released under the recording name and imprint Makaya Plantation (of Makaya Studios Ltd), produced by Olawale Opayinka. Stream any track below, or open the Music Hub for one link to every platform. ★ marks a featured release.

Music Hub — stream the full catalogue ↗

01

Onipe Escape ★

Spotify →Apple Music →
02

Homecoming Lovers Lane (feat. Olawale Opayinka) ★

Radio Edit
Spotify →Apple Music →
03

Onipe – The Love Song

Single
Spotify →Apple Music →
04

Walk of Grace

Spotify →Apple Music →
05

Anchor of Goodness

Spotify →Apple Music →
06

Ebelebe Ma Mmiri

Spotify →Apple Music →
07

Love Wins (feat. Olawale Opayinka)

Radio Edit
Spotify →Apple Music →
08

Beacon of Hope

Spotify →Apple Music →
09

Onipe – Party Time

Spotify →Apple Music →
10

Young Fire ★

Spotify →Apple Music →
11

Homecoming Lovers Lane

Spotify →Apple Music →
12

Dance to Rain

Spotify →Apple Music →
13

Queen’s Gable

Spotify →Apple Music →
14

Enter the Water

Spotify →Apple Music →
15

Love Wins

Spotify →Apple Music →
16

Shelley the Parrot

Spotify →
17

Danko’s Dream

Spotify →

The Sound

The sound of heritage. The rhythm of the soil.

The imprint has its own voice — a style the studio calls Modern Afro-Eclecticism: highlife-infused dance, soulful reflection, and rich narrative texture. Rooted in African tradition, reaching for a contemporary global soul.

I

Estate & reflection

A cinematic progression from peaceful retreat to romance to vibrant highlife celebration — inspired by the estate at Ibadan.

II

Collaboration

Soulful collaborations that marry vocal storytelling with contemporary rhythmic arrangements.

III

Grounding

Deeply grounding tracks for quiet moments of gratitude, clarity, and reflection.

Makaya Plantation imprint artwork — a figure walking through golden field where sun and rainbow meet
The imprint’s cover art — a figure walking through a golden field at the hour the sun and the rainbow meet: seedtime and harvest, kept faith.
“Every song in this catalogue was planted in seasons when the light felt distant. Now the field is golden, the rainbow has appeared, and I am walking forward.” — Olawale Opayinka, Makaya Studios Ltd

The Company

On the record.

Legal nameMakaya Studios Ltd
RegistrationRC awaited · private company limited by shares
ParentMakaya Plantations Limited (RC 8984819)
ProducesAwesome Praise (concert) · the Makaya Plantation imprint (song releases)
ProducerOlawale Opayinka of Makaya Studios Ltd
WorkFilm · video · music production & release

Have a film, a record, or an event?

Makaya Studios takes on select creative work — and Awesome Praise returns next on the calendar.

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