Diversity & Representation · Indicator 3
Cultural diversity in programming
What this indicator asks
How culturally diverse is the programming in Lagos’s venues, events and festivals?
46.3/ 100 · Lagos
A total of 86% of survey respondents in Lagos agree that diverse communities take part in nighttime culture. And 87% of respondents from marginalised groups agree.
An expert said DJs turned to amapiano because Afrobeats had become too slow to dance to:
“Afrobeats artists started making… music to please the western world. So they slow down the tempo of the music… The primary objective… for a DJ is to make people dance, right? Hence, [amapiano] came into our space. The DJ is like, ‘Oh, this s*** is making people dance. Let’s do it.’”
House of Assembly is a recurring event for Nigerian electronic music producers and DJs, with a stated policy of playing only Nigerian music. A participant called it a “live testing ground”, where producers can play their own music, giving them the confidence to play to wider audiences.
A participant said the training grounds decide who is qualified to be booked, and proposed investing in workshops, not only in bookings.