Afrobeat influenced by Ghanaian, Congo, South African music – CKay

<p>Nigerian singer Chukwuka Ekweani, popularly known as CKay, has asserted that Nigerian music is “very heavy on fusion” and that Nigerians “borrowed” genres from around the world.</p>, <p>The ‘Love Nwantiti’ crooner stated this in a recent interview with Tarmac.</p>, <p>CKay said: “The thing about Nigerian music is, it is very heavy on fusion. We always mixed a whole bunch of things. We try stuffs. The sound is never stagnant.</p>, <p>“We always try to take it forward. We try new stuff. We borrow elements from different places. There was a time when afrobeats was heavily influenced by Ghanaian music. And there was a time it was heavily influenced by South African music. And there was also another time it was heavily influenced by Makosa from Congo.”</p>, <p></p>