Afropop icon Adekunle Gold embraces Nigerian roots with new album – The Peninsula Qatar

A man with a trimmed beard and short hair, wearing a tan blazer, white shirt, gold chain, and earring, channels Afropop style as he looks at the camera against a dark gradient background, reflecting his Nigerian roots.

(Files) Nigerian Afrobeat singer and songwriter Adekunle Almoruf Kosoko poses during a photo session in Paris on September 9, 2025. (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP)

Paris: Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold returns to his roots on Friday with the release of his sixth album, “Fuji”, which he described as a tribute to the ancestral sounds of his home country.

“That sound is the soundtrack of Lagos. It’s everywhere. That sound gave birth to Afrobeats and all the things that we hear right now,” Gold told AFP in Paris.

A descendant of the…