United Nations World Tourism conference: Osinbajo sings, dances Kizz Daniel’s ‘Buga’
Vice president Yemi Osinanjo on Tuesday at the world tourism organization global conference in iganmu Lagos state said that cultural genres, including arts, music, crafts, dances, and cultural festivals cut across culture and language.
Osibanjo who was representing President Mohammed Buhari while dwelling on the theme, ‘Linking Tourism, Culture, and Creative Industries: Pathways to Recovery and Improving Development,’ told the participants, drawn from different parts of the world, that music is a global language that people can enjoy without understanding the lyrics.
He said, “Music, as we all know, is a global language. Even those who don’t know the meaning of the words of a song enjoy the rhythm. And some find out the meaning of the lyrics, discovering the cultures and ideas that inspire them.
“But let me just test that theory of mine, that is, that you don’t need to understand the words of any song to enjoy it and to be able to sing it and that music is indeed a very global language.”
And doubling down on his speech he engages the audience in a rendition of Kizz Daniel’s 2022 hit song, ‘Buga (Lo Lo Lo)’.
He asked the audience who were already cheering and clapping to join him in his rendition as he demonstrated the viral dance move associated with the song by raising his shoulders.
After his dance moves, Osinbajo said, “Today, Nigerian music rendered in different languages is played all over the world. So people all over the world are dancing to that song by Kizz Daniel, called ‘Buga’.”
