Tiwa Savage makes candid remarks about African music

Afrobeats star Tiwatope Omolara Savage, popularly known as Tiwa Savage has spoken on the direction of African music.

While speaking at the Oxford Africa Conference, Tiwa noted the drop in the growth of African music, claiming that it has created space for a refocus.

Tiwa, who was the keynote speaker at the event, stressed that correction was a normal part of industry development. She also emphasised that the incoming changes should not be mistaken for a collapse.

”I had the absolute pleasure of being a keynote speaker at the Oxford Africa Conference. It was important to highlight that while some may think African music is suffering a decline. We are actually in a healthy cycle where now that the noise from the rapid growth seems to have reduced we now need to focus on building the infrastructure to sustain this industry. Many genres have experienced this, from HipHop, to RnB to Pop. Our industry is no different. We now see that we have a lot to correct but let’s not confuse correction with collapse,” she stated.