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prison. and bbc reporter is investigating a man who used local children to film personalised greetings, some containing racist comments. he now faces caught in malawi. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, sarah montague. my guest today is a hugely successful afrobeat star. the nigerian omah lay is just 25, but hes broken into western markets, partly because of a collaboration with the canadian singerjustin bieber. hes here in london on a world tour now. afrobeats eme...

that was pioneered by the legendary fela kuti. the latest incarnation of afrobeats is less politically charged. omah lay sings about love, heartbreak and longing. with western megastars like ed sheeran and madonna tapping into this musical style, what does it mean for the way that afrobeats will evolve? omah lay, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. fela kuti described his afrobeat music as, "a fusion and combination "of highlife, jazz, funk, psych rock, salsa, black power, "anti—colonial...

in a televised address, he said more than 600 cases of collaboration and treason have been opened against law enforcement officials. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk with me, sarah montague. my guest today is a hugely successful afrobeat star. the nigerian 0mah lay is just 25, but hes broken into western markets, partly because of a collaboration with the canadian singerjustin bieber. hes here in london on a world tour now. afrobeats emerged from a...

afrobeat, political music, a way to address social change that was pioneered by the legendary fela kuti. the latest incarnation of afrobeats is less politically charged. omah lay sings about love, heartbreak and longing. with western megastars like ed sheeran and madonna tapping into this musical style, what does it mean for the way that afrobeats will evolve? omah lay, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. fela kuti described his afrobeat music as, "a fusion "and combination of highlife, ja...

That you sing about — love, longing, they are universal, so i wondered if that helps it to reach a wider global audience than if you were singing about national politics. im not so much of a politic person... laughs. ..and my music is me. i make my music for how i am. i am so much of the person youre seeing right now, and love, you know... ..yeah, happiness, things that, you know, dance, have fun and feel good and stuff. so, yeah... # everything i do, i under. # i no fit under, under, under. #...

Because the type of things that you sing about — love, longing, they are universal, so i wondered if that helps it to reach a wider global audience than if you were singing about national politics. im not so much of a politic person... sarah laughs. ..and my music is me. i make my music for how i am. i am so much of the person youre seeing right now, and love, you know... ..yeah, happiness, things that, you know, dance, have fun and feel good and stuff. so, yeah... # everything i do, i under. ...

Then i will. but so far, i havent had enough... i havent done it so far. i wondered if in part it was deliberate, because the type of things that you sing about — love, longing, they are universal, so i wondered if that helps it to reach a wider global audience than if you were singing about national politics. im not so much of a politic person... ..and my music is me. i make my music for how i am. i am so much of the person youre seeing right now, and love, you know... ..yeah, happiness, thin...

For political issues, then i will. but so far i havent had enough... i havent done it so far. i wondered if in part it was deliberate, because the type of things that you sing about — love, longing, they are universal, so i wondered if that helps it to reach a wider global audience than if you were singing about national politics. im not so much of a politic person... sarah laughs. ..and my music is me. i make my music for how i am. i am so much of the person youre seeing right now, and love, ...