Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz the Bahd Guy has released the Nigerian version of Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’ and the video is already trending.
The American version addressed the issues America is going through in an artistic form from police shootings to mass shootings and the video got a lot of buzz some weeks back and is still trending on music charts.
In Falz’s version, girls dancing in hijabs as a nod to the Chibok and Dapchi girls are featured in the video.
He also makes reference to the money that got missing in the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, office as well as the public acceptance of ‘Yahoo Boys.’
He also shows a man being killed with a matchete, this could be a reference to the Fulani herdsmen.
He even brought in the ‘transmission’ video by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris.
He addresses the Codeine abuse by youths as well as the excesses of men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad among a few other issues.
Popular commentator on Twitter J. J. Omojuwa said of the video “#ThisIsNigeria will be referenced when the story of these days are told. Couldn’t have had a better summary of contemporary Nigeria in a video just as short and shot!”
This video addresses issues and it should not be overlooked like just a cover of an original but a real conversation starter to issues the country is facing and how to do better.
The video is already trending at No 1 on twitter and has over 100,000 views on YouTube within 11hours of it being posted.
