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It is the first single from their forthcoming fourth studio album, <em>Here Because of Hope<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/diaspora-streams-global-stages-how-musics-new-geography-is-redrawing-the-map\/\">The music video was filmed in Lagos, Nigeria<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seun Kuti<\/strong> enlisted <strong>Tom Morello<\/strong> (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage) for &#8220;Na Dem,&#8221; a track that critiques systemic failures.<\/li>\n<li>Moroccan-Canadian artist <strong>El Mehdi<\/strong> reworked an earlier English-language song into &#8220;SALAM (\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645),&#8221; now sung in Darija (Moroccan Arabic).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uche<\/strong> released &#8220;Messi,&#8221; a track built around a subdued beat and lyrics expressing romantic longing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tessi Nandi<\/strong> and <strong>YOSHE<\/strong> collaborated on &#8220;Living Without You.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/emmanuel-jals-afro-house-sound-bridges-diaspora-and-east-african-identity\/\">Kenya-based artist<\/a> <strong>mau from nowhere<\/strong> dropped &#8220;choose what stays,&#8221; featuring <strong>Kwoli Black<\/strong>. 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