Julie Coker is a pioneering Nigerian singer, broadcaster, and journalist whose work helped shape the country’s early pop and highlife scenes. Emerging in the 1970s, she blended traditional Yoruba rhythms with Afro soul and highlife influences, creating a warm, resonant sound uniquely her own. A former television personality and one of Nigeria’s first female broadcasters, her recordings—later reissued internationally—continue to inspire new generations of artists exploring the roots of Afro-soul and women’s contributions to West African music.