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Nigeria: Wizkid's 'Made in Lagos' Is Positioned for Global Audience
This Day, 6 November 2020
After teasing fans with the release of his fourth studio album for months, Nigeria's popular Afro-pop artiste Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid finally released… Read more »
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Nigeria: Burna Boy Does Not Want You to Forget '20.10.20'
This Day, 6 November 2020
On Saturday, October 20, 2020, the world's gaze was fixed on Nigeria. This global attention resulted from the shooting of unarmed protesters at the Lekki tollgate, the epicentre of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Wizkid Dedicates New Album to Nigeria
Sony Music, 2 November 2020
This past Friday, Nigerian singer/songwriter Wizkid dropped his widely anticipated project Made in Lagos, via Starboy/ Sony Music International/RCA… Read more »
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Nigeria: Lekki Shooting - Burna Boy Captures Pain, Disappointment in New Single
Premium Times, 30 October 2020
The release comes barely one month after he dropped the critically acclaimed 'Real Life' music video featuring Stormzy. Read more »
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Nigeria: Wizkid Comes Almost Made in New Album, Made in Lagos
Premium Times, 3 November 2020
Wizkid's 14 track studio album points in different directions Read more »
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Nigeria: Wizkid Is Made in Lagos
This Day, 31 October 2020
Last Thursday, Nigerian superstar singer, WizKid, real name Ayodeji Balogun, released his latest album Made In Lagos. The 14-track album features Burna Boy, Damien Marley, H.E.R.,… Read more »
Wizkid, Burna Boy Use Music to Condemn Nigerian Police Brutality
Popular singer Wizkid has dedicated his album, Made in Lagos, to the citizens of Nigeria in light of recent brutality toward #EndSARS protesters, by authorities. In a press release, Wizkid said: "It has been beautiful to see Nigerians around the world coming together to protest against police brutality." Meanwhile, Burna Boy released a new song, 20:10:20, the day on which the Lekki Massacre occured and where 12 people protesting against the brutality of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), lost their lives.
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Throughout his lifetime, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti was very vocal in criticizing the government, highlighting the ills of those in authority and speaking against the political ... Read more »
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A judicial panel that was established to investigate police brutality and the recent shooting deaths of unarmed protesters by soldiers in Lagos, has convened for the first time, as ... Read more »
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Amnesty International has accused Nigerian authorities of a cover up in the Lekki Toll Gate deaths, that occurred during the #EndSARS protests on October 20, 2020. In a ... Read more »
