Africa Is a Country

Nigeria meets Brazil in the U.K.

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African Five-a-Side Podcast

Nigeria meets Brazil in the U.K.

By
Boima Tucker

Nigeria and Brazil have a long and intimate historical connection. Nigerian culture has provided a central reference point in the formation of many Afro-Brazilian cultural groups and religious beliefs. And Brazil has also made its mark in Nigeria throughout history. So it may come as little surprise that there continue to be strong cultural affinities between the two nations.

So that’s why, when Afrobeat-inspired Bahian rap band OQuadro joined the cultural exchange project linking UK and Bahian Bass culture, it perhaps was only natural that they link with the one of the UK’s most charismatic rappers of Nigerian ancestry, Afrikan Boy! This is the result of their collaboration: a slinking rap anthem that puts in work to represent both sides of the Atlantic.

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