Booming African music market

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From Afrobeats and Afropop to the African house music and Hip-Hop scenes, the African music market is booming. To celebrate, BBC Radio 1Xtra is broadcasting a week of exclusive content dedicated to new music and some of the biggest artists across the continent. In this extract, the BBC's Reya El-Salahi speaks to 1Xtra's DJ Edu about the rise of African music in the UK.