The Music Men: How Rarara, St Janet and the Soul of Nigerian Creativity Are Being Tested

Music and politics have always been bedfellows in Nigeria, but this week, two starkly different stories exposed the fragile state of creative freedom. Rarara's blistering campaign track against Isa Pantami has turned Hausa music into a political minefield, while a moving tribute to the late St Janet argues that Nigerian culture is losing its soul to moral policing. Together, they paint a picture of a creative industry caught between the demands of power and the impulse...