Cruel Summer - That's the title of the short film starring Kanye West and his new protege D'banj - was screened at the Cannes Film festival last night and it has sparked an outburst of mixed feelings amongst Nigerians. The funny thing is that not a single one of the armchair critics voicing their opinions of D'banj's involvement in the film has even seen it. One really nasty blog commentator suggested that D'banj could have only been good enough to play "an African hunter who becomes a musician". However, at a time when much of the news coming out of Nigeria is about the deadly escapades of Boko Haram and with Mavin Records safely bestriding their "domestic" comfort zone like a mighty colossus, the Koko Master does appear to be making the right noises in the right places on behalf of Nigeria's international image. This morning we saw video clips of D'banj mingling with British school children in Plumstead, South London and the SPY could immediately relate with it because the St Georges Church of England School in Camberwell near our base also in South London play Oliver Twist as their play time anthem every day and by kokolets does it get the kids (and yours truly) going! Well, lets just say, Oliver Twist goes to school.
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