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Nigerian Independence

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Nigerian Independence

By
Boima Tucker

Okay we’re a day late. (It’s Sean’s fault.) Happy Indpendence Day Nigeria. Your music industry is too large and prolific and dominant across the continent and the globe to sum up in a few videos, but here’s an idea:

Neo-Juju

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEkG6EswH2w&w=600&h=369]

Hip Hop

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrxL2XbHnjo&w=600&h=369]

Nneka

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkDgnVJa7SU&w=560&h=315]

Naija!

If this isn’t enough, check out King Ola and DJ E Cool‘s 2011 Nigerian Independence Day Mix!

Further Reading

From Cape To Cairo

When two Africans—one from the south, the other from the north—set out to cross the continent, they raised the question: how easy is it for an African to move in their own land?

The road to Rafah

The ‘Sumud’ convoy from Tunis to Gaza is reviving the radical promise of pan-African solidarity and reclaiming an anticolonial tactic lost to history.

Sinners and ancestors

Ryan Coogler’s latest film is more than a vampire fable—it’s a bridge between Black American history and African audiences hungry for connection, investment, and storytelling rooted in shared struggle.