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Afrobeat has taken over but should East Africa create its unique sound?

Burna Boy, Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer.

Afrobeats has dominated global dance music for the last decade or so.

Many of us will remember how acts like P-Square of Nigeria colonised our radio waves in the late 2000s. Today, you will hear Afrobeats artistes like Burna Boy, Wizkid, Rema and Davido, not just in nightclubs and parties in Nairobi and throughout the continent, but in almost every corner of the globe.

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