- Grammy-winning singer Temilade Openiyi, often known as Tems, has urged the world to defy stereotypes and discover the varied cultures of Africa, significantly in Nigeria and Ghana.
- Tems on the 2025 Met Gala in New York urged foreigners to go to Lagos and Ghana to grasp the true essence of African life.
Grammy Award-winning artist Temilade Openiyi, broadly generally known as Tems, has referred to as on the worldwide group to problem slim views of Africa and as an alternative embrace the continent’s wealthy cultural variety—beginning with visits to Nigeria and Ghana.
Talking to Style Bomb Every day throughout the 2025 Met Gala in New York, the Nigerian singer-songwriter inspired folks from all over the world to expertise Africa firsthand earlier than forming opinions based mostly on assumptions or outdated stereotypes.
She stated, “I all the time inspired folks to go to Lagos and Ghana for trip. Simply go and see for your self earlier than you make an opinion [about Africa]. See it for your self and see how you’re feeling.
“I feel it [the beauty of Africa] is within the creativity, the each day efforts, the appears to be like, the songs, the traditions and the cultures.”
Tems additionally addressed world misconceptions about African music, noting that whereas Afrobeats has gained worldwide recognition, it’s simply considered one of many genres flourishing throughout the continent.
“We [Africans] can go additional in each single facet of sound. We aren’t simply Afrobeats. There may be Amapiano, Afrosoul, R&B, Afro Jazz. There are such a lot of genres in African music that individuals are not all the way in which tapped into but,” the singer stated.