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Nigeria @ 66: Five songs that still sound like today’s headlines

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From left Blackface Naija, Ras Kimono, Fela Kuti, Eedris Abdulkareem and Mr Raw AI-generated illustration

Recorded over four decades, these songs show how little Nigeria’s complaints about hardship, corruption, and broken promises have changed, as musicians from Fela Kuti to Mr Raw transformed national frustration into music Nigerians could question, protest, and dance to.

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