Nigeria, July 13 -- Burna Boy has dropped a new single - "Change Your Mind". It looks like it's going to be a Summer hit. He takes his afro-fusion music to new territory in this song.

It is the first time he has tried to blend afrobeats and country music - an early 20th century genre that originated in the American south and was associated with white rural and working class life. Although, until very recently, it has been shunned by many African-Americans, country music draws heavily from African-American blues music.

I once hosted an African-American colleague for a few months in my apartment during my first year (1980-81) at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. I was taken aback when he challenged me for playing the music of Kenny Ro...