Jidenna Says-Future Of World Music Belongs To Africa

American born-Nigerian R/B cum rapper,
Jidenna believes the future of music
belongs to Africa if only they can develop
that initiative of self-belief.


Having stormed the music world with his
smash hit Classic Man that took over the
TV and radio airwaves in 2015, Jidenna
who was snubbed at last weekend’s One
Africa Music Fest that took place at
Wembley in London, told MTV live entertainment that soon Africa would
become a home for world music.


“I believe that the future of the planet
depends on Africa,” he began.


“It actually really does and that’s when
people mention the world’s natural
resources. But do you know what the best
resource is? Human beings.


Human beings
are what build it. Human beings are what
mine the resources. Human beings are
what sells them.



“So I believe the greatest resource in
Africa is Africans. It’s completely tied to the
future of
the planet and that’s why everybody from
here in Europe to America to East Asia are
flocking
to Africa to figure out what they’re going
to do with this wonderful continent.



“So to me I’m speaking to Africans. It’s our
time. I think that’s why we’re seeing this
change – partially due to Afrobeats –
where there’s an embracing of the culture.



And if we embrace ourselves and invest in
ourselves then by us finding our worth
and creating our own value system, as
opposed to being submissive
or assimilating to somebody else’s value
system, then what will happen is we – and
this
is the human we – will have a better
planet.



“They say steel sharpens steel, right?
That’s what I wanna see. I wanna see
Africans of diaspora be sharp as hell and
that way you have a better world because
you have another continent that you deal
with, that you find valuable, and not just
because of the things under the ground
but for the people that walk over the
ground.”