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Nigeria: 'This Is Nigeria' Ban - How We Ambushed Falz Using NBC - MURIC
Daily Trust, 13 August 2018
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has said that after unsuccessfully trying to get Falz, a Nigerian singer to take down his viral video "This is Nigeria" they 'ambushed' him using… Read more »
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Nigeria: Group Asks NBC to Lift Ban On Falz's 'This Is Nigeria', Others
Premium Times, 12 August 2018
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) "to immediately lift the ban on Jay FM 101.9 Jos, stopping the… Read more »
Falz's This Is Nigeria, Others Songs Banned from Airing
The Nigerian Broadcasting Commision has banned songs by Falz's This Is Nigeria, Wande Cole's Iskaba and Olamide's See Mary, See Jesus after they were deemed too "vulgar" for radio. The authorities has warned any station continuing playing the songs that they will pay a fine of N100,000 (U.S.$276).
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25 May 2018
This is Nigeria - Falz
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13 August 2018
DJ Kaywise x Olamide - See Mary See Jesus
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13 August 2018
Wande Coal, DJ Tunez - Iskaba
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The Muslim Rights Concern has said that it will no longer take legal action against Folarin 'Falz' Falana over his controversial 'This is Nigeria' video. The group had issued the artist a seven-day ultimatum for the withdrawal of the video and demanded an apology after it objected to the negative portrayal of a man dressed like someone from the Fulani tribe and to Hijab-wearing women doing the shaku shaku dance.
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Falz's refrain "This is Nigeria/see how I'm living now" begins as angry and ends as a lament. At the end, Falz does not tell us what to do about the unholy mess he has showed us. If art holds up mirrors to society that artist themselves are a part of, then it may be time to acknowledge their rightful place as bewildered witnesses, just like the rest of us, writes Saratu Abiola for The Guardian.
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