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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...

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And i begin to understand politics very much, then maybe ill start using my music too, for, you know... ..but for now, i think all i do right now is talk about the things that youths, the things that i understand, which is love, heartbreak, pains, as a youth, the things we go through as youths, and thats what i use my music for cos thats where i am right now. afrobeats, and you, have been hugely successful. i mean, burna boy won best global music album award at the grammys last year. a couple of...

Under, under... maybe when i get to the point where i begin to enjoy politics and i begin to understand politics very much, then maybe ill start using my music too, for, you know... ..but for now, i think all i do right now is talk about the things that youths, the things that i understand, which is love, heartbreak, pains, as a youth, the things we go through as youths, and thats what i use my music for cos thats where i am right now. afrobeats, and you, have been hugely successful. i mean, bur...