'Mai Ganga ya Gode, Yaran Mai Ganga sun Gode.’

'Mai Ganga ya Gode, Yaran Mai Ganga sun Gode.’ (The musician is thankful, and so are his inheritors.) ‘A yanzu kanin Shehu za mu zaba ‘yan Nigeria...’ ‘We Nigerians are voting for Shehu’s younger brother...’ (Referring to Umaru Musa Yar’adua the younger brother of Shehu Musa Yaradua and Nigeria’s president from 2007-2010). That’s one of the earliest campaign songs I can remember. I first heard it in 2007 and since then, there have been tons of others. As a young girl gro

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