In a TEDx Maitama talk, 2017 Tutu Fellow Jude Abaga shares with his audience some examples of how much dividing people can affect the outcome of their goals. Jude makes connections in the music business in which he focuses on the importance of collaboration and how other industries can learn from what record labels have been able to do in the music industry so far - as well as how much there is still left to be done.

Jude Abaga also known as M.I, is a Nigerian Hip Hop Artist, lyricist, producer, songwriter and instrumentalist. He’s won numerous awards, including the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009. Jude is the CEO of the record label Chocolate City Music. Moving beyond music, he makes it clear that only by working together as one can the African people continue to achieve more and progress.

In his talk he makes connections in the music business focuses on the importance of collaboration and how other industries can lean from what record labels have been able to do in the music industry so far, as well as how much there is still left to be done.  Using the story of the tower of Babylon in which God stopped the people from succeeding with the construction by separating them through language.  He then poses the question - what if we refused to be separated - to pull together to solve the challenges we face?

Listen to the case he makes.