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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 he's broken into western markets, partly because of a collaboration with the canadian singerjustin bieber. he's here in london on a world tour now. afrobeats emerged from afrobeat, political music, a way to address social change that was pioneered by the lege...

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 and anti—corruption politics." how would you describe your music? i think it's probably the same ...

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, jazz, funk, psych rock, salsa, "black power, anti—colonial and anti—corruption politics." how woul...

Knows what afrobeat is, the whole world is dancing to afrobeat, the whole world is listening to afrobeat. that's the dream, that's the future, that's the plan. 0mah lay, thank you for coming on hardtalk. thank you for having me. hello there. monday's heat was extraordinary, not least because it covered a really wide area. 38.2 celsius the highest temperature recorded in santon downham in suffolk, very close to the all—time uk record.

That's the plan, to wake up one morning and the whole world knows what afrobeat is, the whole world is dancing to afrobeat, the whole world is listening to afrobeat. that's the dream, that's the future, that's the plan. 0mah lay, thank you for coming on hardtalk. thank you for having me. you've probably heard already that a national emergency has been declared on account of this unprecedented heat wave. the english temperature record, which is also that of the uk, is going to get obliterated over the next few days, as indeed will