Zulezoo

How Zule Zoo’s “Kerewa” became the rape song we never talked about

There was a blast from the past at the 2018 Headies, the nostalgic return of Zule Zoo and their pelvic-thrust banger Kerewa. Performed by one half of the duo Ibrahim Hassan, Kerewa was galvanising on the Headies stage as it was back then in 2005, when the song was released. Zule Zoo rose to fame... Read More

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Kerewa, Rape culture, Zulezoo

January 20, 2018

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#YNaijaEssays: Is Psquare’s split the end of Nigeria’s boyband era?

If you ever listened to the massive hit song ‘Shakomo’ in the late 90s, then you should be conversant with the Remedies, Nigeria’s first boyband. Remedies revolutionised the music industry and birthed the new sound of Afro pop of the present generation. It was only natural that the Nigerian music industry, like the rest of... Read More

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