Most striking is the realization that the song kicks off with the narration of a story – storytelling being a vital quality of a traditional entertainer.

Ugoccie’s ‘Man on Fire’ comes as something fresh and refreshing – completely out of the box. This might also qualify as one for the feminist movement Then there is, Ugoccie, whose latest single, ‘Man on Fire’, counts as the latest contribution to the evolution of indigenous High Life music thereby claiming for itself a space in a genre dominated by men. And there is also Kolaboy, and many others. Phyno is another artist who has contributed to the evolution of High Life music into the mainstream. Sometimes these evolutions happen by way of a fusion of genres, as evidenced in M.I and Flavour’s ‘Number 1’ where Rap is fused with High Life music, and the public didn’t know what to expect until the single hit the airwaves and swept everyone along.

More interesting however is the fact that the globalization of Afrobeats has had significant effects on other indigenous genres of music, in Nigeria especially – in that it has hastened their evolution in profound manners. We live in an interesting moment in music history when Afrobeats has come to claim a place on the global stage.

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