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Nigeria 80: The Explosive Sound World of 1980s Nigeria

Strut's Nigeria 80 catches Nigerian popular music in that beautiful, unruly stretch between Afrobeat's explosion and whatever came next—juju, funk, highlife, reggae, proto-hip-hop, and plenty of glorious cross-pollination along the way.

Nigeria 80: The Explosive Sound World of 1980s Nigeria

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