-(« NIGERIAN MUSIC AGENDA »): »FOCUS ON THE NIGERIAN MUSIC SUCCESS STORY »: FROM « PRINCE NICO M’BARGA » TO « FLAVOUR » AND MANY MORE!
-FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT NIGERIAN MUSIC SUCCESS STORY STARTED BASICALLY AND HISTORICALLTY IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA WITH HITS OF « PRINCE NICO M’BARGA »AND HIS HIT(SWEET MOTHER)(1975-1976), « FELA KUTI », « IKENGA »(1976), « OLIVER DE COQUE AND HIS EXPO(1976-77) », « KELE CHI ORIENTAL BROTHERS »(HIT KELECHI)(1978) , « KING SUNY ADE »(JUJU MUSIC)! TWO DECADES LATER, IN THE (2000S), AN INNOVATIVE TREND OF NIGERIAN MUSIC GROUNDED BASICALLY IN HIGH-LIFE BEATS TEND TO REACH THE PINACLE IN AFRICA WITH TALENTED NEW PERFORMERS SUCH AS : « FLAVOUR » (HIT SHAKE IT), « P-SQUARE », « WIZZBOYS » AND MANY MORE, WHO ARE BUSTING UP THE INTERNATIONAL CHARTS NOWADAYS BY TOURING WORLDWIDE!
-DOWN THE LINE, IT’S THE FIRST TRUMPET THAT THE GIANT OF AFRICA IS BACK MUSCALLY AND ECONOMICALY!GREETINGS AND BIG UPS TO « NIGERIA »(WEST AFRICA)!
(YVES T BOUAZO)(CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR)(« IMAGE »: »FLAVOUR »)