Afrobeat stars turning indigenous languages into global hits
From Yoruba street-pop to Igbo highlife and Hausa hip-hop, Naomi Chima takes a look at Nigerian artistes who have helped bring indigenous languages and local musical traditions to wider audiences Olamide Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as Olamide Baddo, is one of the leading figures in Yoruba street-hop. Raised in Bariga, Lagos State, he built a sound around Yoruba lyrics, street…
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Nigerian actress and TikToker, Salman Olamide, popularly known as Kidbaby, has revealed that she worked in a bar in 2022 to raise money for her Higher National Diploma programme. She disclosed this during an appearance on Barricades Live with Adewunmi, a podcast hosted by fellow TikToker Wunmi Star, on Thursday. “Back in 2022, I was struggling to raise money for…
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