Burna Boy
Protests erupted in Nigeria in October last year after videos of the police assaulting and, in one case, shooting dead a young Nigerian began circulating on social media. Protesters called for the disbandment of SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad), a notorious police unit whose actions have been described as torture by Amnesty International, yet who act with complete immunity in the country. What began as peaceful protests turned into violent confrontations with the police and an estimated 73 people lost their lives, according to Nigeria’s
This Day newspaper.
During clashes with police, the protesters could often be heard ad-libbing from one of this year’s hit songs, Davido’s ‘FEM’. This is surprising, as the song itself has no overt political connotations. Instead, it has a not-to-be-taken-too-seriously message of telling one’s lover to shut up if they talk too much, with much braggadocio too, Davido referr
Amid a state of civil unrest, a slew of emerging young African artists – among them Burna Boy, Davido and WizKid – are transforming the perception of their continent by shaking up the mainstream with their infectious Afrobeats insurgency. Russ Slater surveys this hard-to-classify scene’s UK roots and global impact
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Sweary Boris Johnson song storms the charts
Kunt And The Gang’s attempt to storm the Christmas charts has got off to a flying start, becoming the second highest new entry so far this week.
Recorded under the band name The Kunts, the punk track Boris Johnson Is A Fucking Cunt, is currently at No19 in the charts, just 48 hours after its release.
And it is the third fastest-seller of the week so far.
The Official UK Charts Company releases the Top 100 each Friday afternoon, with Radio 1 airing a first look at the forthcoming week s rundown on Sundays. On yesterday s programme, presenters Vick Hope and Katie Thistleton could only say: Now at 19 we ve got a track about Boris Johnson that has so many bad words in it we can t play it on daytime Radio 1.