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DJ Edu speaks to Wado who is exploring his Nigerian-Italian identity in his Afrobeats music

Valentino Agunu, artist name Wado, is breaking new ground for Afrobeats. He is an Italian with Nigerian parentage, and along with Justin Owusu, also Italian, but with Ghanaian parents, Wado is recording Afrobeats songs in Italian mixed with English and Pidgin, and using music as a way of talking about life as a person with African heritage in Italy.

One of the topics Wado has spoken out about is the difficulty of obtaining Italian citizenship, even for immigrants born in Italy, as he was. Wado describes the challenges he has faced, but also says his cultural mix is a blessing because it has given him a unique identity as an artist

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