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The Poetics of ‘Adedamola’
In his 2024 album, adedamola, Fireboy embarks on a journey back to his roots, reminding listeners that he has not lost the essence that first captured their hearts. Read More...
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The Persistent Voice in Taiwo Egunjobi’s Films
As he speaks, the commanding ease in Taiwo Egunjobi’s words and manner pitches him as an important custodian of knowledge and insight about Nigerian and world cinema. Egunjobi’s films always cast a permanent residence on viewers’ minds. Read More...
The Photography of J. A. Green
Depicting power and its associative emotions, J. A. Green’s catalogue speaks to the function of history. Read More...
‘Africans Do Read’ Tobi Eyinade’s First Draft
Co-founder of Rovingheights Bookstore, Tobi Eyinade, disagrees with the belief that Africans do not read: ‘Rovingheights would not be here after nine years if that sentiment holds true. People often say Africans don’t read, yet we have managed to build a thriving book business despite the daunting challenges. Africans do read. While the numbers may not match those of other continents, we have come a long way.’ Read More...
Not Just Another Woman’s Story
In her film, With Difficulty Comes Ease, Korede Azeez captures, with illuminating patience, the story of Nigerian women. She tells the story of women living under constant scrutiny, where their every action or inaction is subject to critical and often unjust judgment. Read More...
Chidimma Adetshina and the Danger of Xenophobia
The rejection of Chidimma Adetshina by the South African public perhaps reflects a complex post-apartheid conception of Blackness—and more specifically, Black womanhood—that is rigid and unaccommodating to those who differ, whether by ethnicity or nationality. Read More...
Are Indie Creators the Future of Talk Shows in Nigeria?
Talk shows in Nigeria have undergone a revolution with the rise of indie creators who have adopted confessional-style videos and personality interviews. Read More...
How To Wean Nigeria Off The ‘Feeding-Bottle’ Federalism
At the heart of Nigeria’s federalist gambit is the agitation by states for greater control over their local mineral resources. But in a fiscally federal Nigeria, who gets what, when and how? Read More...
The True Cost of Female Agency
In her debut collection, Ghostroots, ’Pemi Aguda challenges our assumptions about the complexities of female relationships, heightening the outcomes by casting them in, and sometimes against, a city that is both magnificent and macabre. Read More...
Are You Laughing With Us or at Us?
When I think of the growing trend of social media skits featuring male comedians who dress up as women, I think especially of the dehumanization of women and everyone who lives outside the rigid ends of the gender spectrum. Should a line be drawn on these performances? Or should we be increasingly unsettled? Read More...
