{"id":490705,"date":"2019-09-30T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=891719"},"modified":"2019-09-30T08:00:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T14:00:02","slug":"burna-boy-commemorates-nigerian-independence-in-another-story-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/burna-boy-commemorates-nigerian-independence-in-another-story-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Burna Boy Commemorates Nigerian Independence in \u2018Another Story\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/BurnaBoy_AidanCullen.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Burna Boy reckons with the legacy of British colonial rule over Nigeria \u2014 and marks the country\u2019s independence day, which took place on October 1, 1960 \u2014 in his new video for \u201cAnother Story.\u201d The track appeared in July on Burna Boy\u2019s <em>African Giant&nbsp;<\/em>album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother Story\u201d provides listeners with an immediate jolt of historical context. \u201cTo understand Nigeria, you need to appreciate where it came from,\u201d a voiceover intones. \u201cIn 1900, Britain officially assumed responsibility for the administration of the whole of what we now know as Nigeria from the Niger Company\u2026 the British Government paid 865,000 pounds, a huge amount in 1900. So let\u2019s establish a simple truth: The British didn\u2019t travel halfway across the world just to spread democracy. Nigeria started off as a business deal for them between a company and a government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After this introduction, Burna Boy introduces a slick beat from Kel P \u2014 the same producer behind the pre-album single \u201cOn the Low.\u201d In the video for \u201cAnother Story,\u201d children raise weapons aloft and a crowd destroys a burning car. Burna Boy takes stock of the action from horseback, while the Ghanaian rapper M.anifest shows up to deliver a sharp verse decrying inequality and propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>Burna Boy has been streamed over 110 million times in the U.S. this year. \u201cOne thing that\u2019s constant [in my career] is growth,\u201d the singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/burna-boy-african-giant-album-862277\/\">told&nbsp;<\/a><em>Rolling Stone&nbsp;<\/em>in July. \u201cIt\u2019s not an up and down thing. I climbed every step. I don\u2019t skip steps \u2014 I\u2019m too heavy to skip steps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/burna-boy-another-story-video-891719\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burna Boy reckons with the legacy of British colonial rule over Nigeria \u2014 and marks the country\u2019s independence day, which took place on October 1, 1960 \u2014 in his new video for \u201cAnother Story.\u201d The track appeared in July on Burna Boy\u2019s African Giant&nbsp;album. \u201cAnother Story\u201d provides listeners with an immediate jolt of historical context. 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