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The business of praise-singing: From fuji to afrobeats shoutouts
Music in Nigeria has always been more than melody and rhythm. It is history, identity, social commentary, and sometimes, spectacle.…
The Lagos Nightclub where Afrobeat was born
On certain Lagos nights in the late 1960s, the city pulsed with a sound that was neither highlife nor jazz,…
Burna Boy’s Lagos Blues: Before the Grammys, there was Struggle
Lagos is not kind to dreamers. The city carries its own pulse—a soundscape of danfo horns, market women’s bargaining cries,…
Fans or Foes? How Nigerian celebrities’ biggest haters are also their biggest supporters
In Nigeria, fame is a tricky thing. One day he/she is being hailed as a superstar, the next day their…
80’s Afrobeat, 2000s Big 4, new Big 3: Tracing the three Eras of Nigerian Pop Dynasty
Every dynasty begins with a rhythm. In Nigeria, that rhythm has never belonged to one artist or one era—it has…
The Lagos Bullets that couldn’t silence 2Baba
They say Lagos never truly sleeps. Its nights are laced with the hum of danfo buses rushing down half-lit highways,…
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