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Ex-President Obama features Burna Boy, Rema, Ayra Starr’s songs in 'ritual' list

Ex-President Obama features Burna Boy, Rema, Ayra Starr’s songs in ‘ritual’ list

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Ediri Oyibo
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Songs by Nigerian musicians, Burna Boy, Rema and Ayra Starr have been featured by former U.S. president, Barack Obama in his ‘ritual’ list.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports former President Obama at the end of the year always releases his annual list of favourites, including movies and books.

This has become more of an annual ritual or what you may want to refer to as customary observance for the former President.

“I always enjoy sharing my end of year music playlist with all of you — and this year we heard a lot of great songs,” Obama wrote.

TNG reports that Burna Boy’s song that made the list is the popular “Last Last” while that of Rema is “Calm Down” and Ayra Starr’s “Rush”.

Among his favourite written works, Obama listed “The School for Good Mothers” by Jessamine Chan and “The Light We Carry” by former first lady Michelle Obama, noting, “I’m a bit biased on this one.”

On his list of favourite movies, the former president included “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Descendant,” which he also noted he was “biased” about since the Netflix documentary was produced by the Obama-founded company Higher Ground Productions.

Check out the full list of Obama’s favourite movies, books and music for 2022 below:

Obama’s favourite music for 2022

  • “The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar
  • “Tití Me Preguntó” – Bad Bunny
  • “POF” – Ari Lennox
  • “Something in the Orange” – Zach Bryan
  • “Last Last” – Burna Boy
  • “American Teenager” – Ethel Cain
  • “Communion in My Cup” – Tank and The Bangas ft. The Ton3s
  • “Pull Up” – Koffee
  • “Saoko” – Rosalía
  • “Rush” – Ayra Starr
  • “Break My Soul” – Beyoncé
  • “Life is Good” – SiR ft. Scribz Riley
  • “That’s Where I Am” – Maggie Rogers
  • “Dodinin” – Leyla McCalla
  • “Sunshine” – Steve Lacy ft. Fousheé
  • “Calm Down” – Rema
  • “Problem With It” – Plains
  • “Feelings 4 You” – Xavier Omär
  • “Belize” – Danger Mouse and Black Thought ft. MF DOOM
  • “Tamagotchi” – Omar Apollo
  • “Home Maker” – Sudan Archives
  • “Where I Go” – NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) ft. H.E.R.
  • “Shirt” – SZA
  • “About Damn Time” – Lizzo
  • “‘Round Midnight” – Adam Blackstone and Jazmine Sullivan

Obama’s favourite books for 2022

  • “The Light We Carry” – Michelle Obama
  • “Sea of Tranquility” – Emily St. John Mandel
  • “Trust” – Hernan Diaz
  • “The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams” – Stacy Schiff
  • “The Furrows: A Novel” – Namwali Serpell
  • “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation” – Imani Perry
  • “The School for Good Mothers” – Jessamine Chan
  • “Black Cake” – Charmaine Wilkerson
  • “Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands” – Kate Beaton
  • “An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us” – Ed Yong
  • “Liberation Day” – George Saunders
  • “The Candy House” – Jennifer Egan
  • “Afterlives” – Abdulrazak Gurnah

Obama’s favourite movies for 2022

  • “The Fabelmans”
  • “Decision to Leave”
  • “The Woman King”
  • “Aftersun”
  • “Emily the Criminal”
  • “Petite Maman”
  • “Descendant”
  • “Happening”
  • “Till”
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
  • “Top Gun: Maverick”
  • “The Good Boss”
  • “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy”
  • “A Hero”
  • “Hit the Road”
  • “Tár”
  • “After Yang”