As the 68th Grammys take place tonight in Los Angeles, USA, Nigerians are once again rooting for their own — Burna Boy, Wizkid, Ayra Starr, Omah Lay and Davido — to return home with music’s most coveted trophy. Vanessa Obioha traces Nigeria’s long, winding journey to the world’s biggest music stage.
Before the 2020s, when Afrobeats wasn’t yet a global force, the Grammy Awards felt like a distant dream for Nigerian musicians. Young or old, underground or famous, many aspired to add the golden gramophone to their…
