That's what people are saying, yes. There is, after all, money in Nigeria - more than a few people can afford to attend concerts, buy merchandise, et cetera. Nigeria does have a poverty problem, yes, like pretty much every other country that comes to my mind, but they also have people with money, and those people apparently really, really like supporting their local music industry. (We do the same thing here, though. Music lovers can be fiercely devoted to acts from our own hometowns or cities, or even states.)

I watched the CNN video that's all over the Internet, and am not surprised by what was reported.

I think that we Americans tend to be a bit self focused when it comes to music, because our most-popular artists are known in many, many countries and cultures - but we aren't exactly importing a buttload of talent. You'd have to be a fairly-devoted rap or hip-hop fan to know much of anything about Nigeria's scene (speaking of American music fans)...but you don't have to even like any kind of rap or hip hop to know who Eminem is.

It's more likely that you're going to have people from other countries recognizing our most-popular talent, not the other way around, because of that self-focused bit. That, I think, is why we're so surprised to discover that P-square, and other artists many of us have ever heard of before, are selling millions of albums a month,and raking in big wads of cash for each show they perform.

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