In a year of some of the brightest African music stars dropping some of the best work of their careers, this month saw Nigerian superstar Wizkid throw his hat into the ring.
“Mama call me, ‘Ayo Balogun, they can never find another you,’” Wizkid sings on the heartfelt closing track “Pray” from his sixth studio album Morayo, which translates to “I see joy” in Yoruba and is dedicated to and named after his late mother. The 16-track project finds the Starboy balancing that joy and grief over impeccable genre-hopping…
