You know the song, 12 days of Christmas? Well me I have the two songs of Christmas, because Proud to be African Clothings T shirts and hoodys were featured in not just one but two music videos!Earlier this year we hooked up with Vocal Slender (Eric Obuh) of the BBC documentary ‘Welcome to Lagos’ fame, this young man through his drive, ambition and infectious smile kind of encapsulated for me all the greatness of Nigeria, which doesn’t lie in our oil, agriculture, size or population but is the abilities of our people to work hard and keep going despite all the odds and oddities life throws at us.
Since that documentary Vocal Slender released his first track ‘Owo Yapa’, and toured the UK twice.
Now he has come out with his latest creation ‘Konto’ which is already sweeping the clubs in Naija.
Featuring prominently in the video is the Proud to beNigerian T shirt, when I met up with vocal in London he promised to wear it in his next video, I wasn’t sure how it would come out but its a perfect illustration of all that Proud to be African is about, a good quality product that’s accessible to all, truly makes me Proud to be Nigerian!!
The second video is again so in keeping with the central themes of Proud to be African of giving the diaspora a distinct voice, the track is ‘You Rock me bad’ a song by Sweden based Nigerian sensation Dare Sweet, this singer/ songwriter is a member of Executive All Stars alongside Kenny Blaze and Tone, they are based in Stockholm and have already built up a strong following there as the video for the first club track shows. Kenny Blaze fell in love with Proud To Be African T shirt and Born in the UK Made in AfricaHoody, which all feature in the brilliant video. We look forward to hosting them on their London visit
This will be the last blog post for 2011, thanks for making this such an exciting year, I couldn’t be signing off on a better note, Merry Christmas and see you in the excellent New Year!!
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