Nigerian afrobeats superstar David Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, has noted that Africa's present cultural revival has improved the continent's reputation.

The Grammy Award nominee pointed out that Westerners now admire Africans because of the global success of genres like Afrobeats, as well as the food and culture of Africa.

In a recent interview with Kiss Fresh UK, Davido stated, "“This summer, I was in Europe a lot. I had like two gigs, but I was on vacation. And I saw that the landscape has changed. Two years ago, when I was in Europe, they were playing Afrobeats for straight one hour.

I mean, people love Afrobeats. Everybody likes that sound now, even in America. Even when we want to collaborate with American artists and we want to do their own sound, they are like, no, no, let’s do Afrobeats.

Now, the narrative [about Africans] has changed. The respect is there. Not only in music but in fashion, food.”

GA