


The song, currently a hit in Nigeria and across Africa, awakens thoughts of home they cannot stop smiling at the pleasant surprise. Nigerians Olalekan Adetiran and Adaobi Okereke, enjoying a kebab dinner, are startled when the radio begins playing the unmistakable “Ma Lo”-a catchy, midtempo and bass-laden song by popular Nigerian artistes Tiwa Savage and Wizkid. Inside a small restaurant, a mix of the latest American pop and rap-clearly enjoyed by diners-is playing on a radio.

It is a cold evening in Antwerp, Belgium’s second-largest city, famous for diamonds, beer, art and high-end fashion.
