{"id":41031,"date":"2020-01-24T11:32:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T10:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/assurance-a-conversation-about-female-djs-in-nigeria-2\/"},"modified":"2020-09-27T15:00:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T13:00:19","slug":"assurance-a-conversation-about-female-djs-in-nigeria-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/assurance-a-conversation-about-female-djs-in-nigeria-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Assurance: a conversation about female DJs in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/b>PAM sits down with Juba, DJ and documentarian of \u201cAssurance\u201d diving into the plights and lives of female DJs in Nigeria.<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Nigeria\u2019s musical influence has been growing steadily throughout the decade and in places like Lagos, where\u00a0<\/span>Assurance<\/span><\/i> was shot, a vibrant club scene sits underneath its musical umbrella, spinning and mixing the newest and hottest local music. Much has been said about rising international stars like Davido or Burna Boy, and their influence on the world\u2019s musical development, but <\/span>Assurance<\/span><\/i>\u00a0is a documentary that brings viewers to the heart of the Lagos music scene and looks deeper into the lives and culture of female DJs on the ground and on the grind.<\/span><\/p>\n

Diving into the experiences of Sensei Lo\u2019, DJ Ayizan, and DJ Yin viewers find themselves at a crossroads of Nigerian culture, music, and sociology. To dissect the many elements of this short film, PAM sat down with creator and director Juba, a London-born DJ of Nigerian descent and co-founder of the collective Boko! Boko! which helps promote gender\u00a0inclusivity in DJing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Juba is self described as \u201c<\/span>one of those diaspora kids that you talk about<\/span><\/i>\u201d born and raised in London and currently residing in Berlin DJing for the likes of\u00a0<\/span>Boiler Room<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and participating in her collective\u00a0<\/span>Boko! Boko!<\/span><\/a>. \u201c<\/span>It was really hard for up and coming (female) DJs to get into lineups in London<\/span><\/i>\u201d she said speaking of her introduction to DJing. Using her experiences with Boko! Boko!, she decided to \u201c<\/span>look at these issues in a Nigerian context<\/span><\/i>\u201d and \u201c<\/span>bring the discussion away from the usual places like Europe and N. America.<\/span><\/i>\u201d\u00a0
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