Nigeria, July 2 -- Nigerian Highlife legend Bright Chimezie's 'Because of English' has an acoustic version for the first time since its release seven years ago.

The song has enjoyed a recent commercial resurgence after being sampled by multi-award-winning superstar Davido on his smash hit single 'With You', which features Omah Lay.

It was released as one of the songs on Davido's fifth studio album, 5ive, which has enjoyed commercial success.

The single adds to the growing trend of Afrobeats stars sampling and reimagining classic Nigerian songs.

In this stripped-back version of 'Because of English', Chimezie revisits one of his most resonant narratives: the painful yet often overlooked shame tied to colonial-era language policing.

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