May 2024

‘I Only Want to Write Things I Can Be Proud Of’ Oyindamola Depo-Oyedokun’s First Draft

Oyindamola Depo-Oyedokun·May 31, 2024

Author of ‘Don Jazzy Global Machine’, Oyindamola Depo-Oyedokun believes brilliant storytelling lies in the writer’s ability to connect readers with the narrative. Read More...

April/May 2024 First Draft Interviews Nigeria

THE MYSTICAL ART OF RAINMAKING

Yinka Adetu·May 28, 2024

While Niyi Akinmolayan’s Rainmakers emerges as a bold foray into African mysticism, the film struggles to faithfully depict the ritual art of rain calling. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria

Tinubu’s Year of Unstable Policies

Yusuf Omotayo·May 26, 2024

In its first year, the Tinubu administration has been characterized by hasty decisions and haphazardly thought policies, a situation that has greatly stalled Nigeria’s progress. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria

The Swimmer

Olumide Popoola·May 26, 2024

‘Here I was on a Sunday morning, sober, alone, in the river without doing anything, just lying on my back, the water holding me.’ An excerpt from Olumide Popoola’s novel, Like Water Like Sea. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria Reading

7 Nigerian Books Set Outside Lagos

Peace Yetunde Onafuye·May 26, 2024

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books that will take you outside Lagos. These selections offer glimpses into other parts of Nigeria, guiding readers on a journey through the various settings that shape the nation’s socio-cultural life. Read More...

April/May 2024 Read Something African Reading

The Perfect Target

Timinepre Cole·May 22, 2024

Bobrisky’s swift descent from social prominence to the confines of Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison is a stark reminder that no amount of wealth or status can fully insulate LGBTQ+ individuals from the pervasive forces of transphobia and homophobia in Nigeria. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria

Nigeria Imaginary

Wale Lawal·May 19, 2024

Our latest issue, Nigeria Imaginary, considers the restorative potential of Nigerian art and invites readers to explore the Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, plus more. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria vol8-no2

Toyin Ojih Odutola’s Theories of Place

Kéchi Nne Nomu·May 19, 2024

The Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale brings together artists who are diverse in their styles, influences, affiliations with place, and interpretations of nationhood and history. Among them is Toyin Ojih Odutola, whose artistic instincts already bypass easy conceptions of place, belonging and history. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria vol8-no2

Yinka Shonibare and the Case for Nigeria at the Venice Biennale

Mobólúwajídìde Joseph·May 19, 2024

Through Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, the Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale presents a Nigeria that is more about routes than roots. A Nigeria that diagnoses its struggles with intricately imagined jokes while holding up a mirror to structural violence and broken promises. And a Nigeria that allows its children to return again and again in an ever-expanding array of visions and alternative futures. Read More...

April/May 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria vol8-no2

Ndidi Dike’s Thesis on the Nigerian Condition

Chimezie Chika·May 19, 2024

‘Nigeria Imaginary’, the theme of the Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, is a daring call to not just imagine Nigeria as a restored entity but to also dream its future into reality. Through Ndidi Dike, viewers experience the distinctly Nigerian desire to connect what Nigeria once was, what it is now and what it might become. Read More...

April/May 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria vol8-no2

Month: May 2024

‘I Only Want to Write Things I Can Be Proud Of’ Oyindamola Depo-Oyedokun’s First Draft

THE MYSTICAL ART OF RAINMAKING

Tinubu’s Year of Unstable Policies

The Swimmer

7 Nigerian Books Set Outside Lagos

The Perfect Target

Nigeria Imaginary

Toyin Ojih Odutola’s Theories of Place

Yinka Shonibare and the Case for Nigeria at the Venice Biennale

Ndidi Dike’s Thesis on the Nigerian Condition

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