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The ‘Essence’ of Afrobeats
Afrobeats has gone global, but is Nigeria’s music industry winning or losing as a result of this success? Read More...
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Looking for Gaskiya Corporation
On a humid afternoon in May 2023, the photographer Eslah Yusuf and I searched for the building that housed Northern Nigeria’s oldest printing press and publishing house. Read More...
What is Happening to the Naira?
Is it floating? Is it sinking? With the nose-dive the naira took following the latest policy to float the currency, there has been an intense sense of distress regarding the future of the currency and the Nigerian economy. Read More...
APC’s Unspoken Rules of Fuel Subsidy
During Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, the All Progressives Congress heavily criticized and campaigned against removing the fuel subsidy. Now the ruling party finds itself dealing with the aftermath of its own fuel subsidy removal. Read More...
A Song for the Forgotten
Despite the existing literature, the Biafran war remains a criminally underexplored event. The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma makes that canon a little less bereft. Read More...
The Minimum Wage Debate Exposes Nigeria’s Weak Federal System
The struggle to afford basic needs with a living wage highlights the governance imbalance in Nigeria. Read More...
Flowers for Wande Coal?
Wande Coal has had a mixed music career and while his latter projects may not have the same rave, there is no doubt about his legendary status, or is there? Read More...
The Saga of the Kano Emirate
In Kano, a tussle for the emirate’s throne between Muhammadu Sanusi II and Aminu Ado Bayero has revealed the shaky legitimacy of traditional Nigerian monarchs. How their once inviolable thrones, emblematic of timeless authority and cultural heritage, now teeter under the weight of modern Nigerian politics. Read More...
TINUBU’S FIGHT OR FLIGHT ECONOMY
One year into the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, Nigerians are faced with serious economic hardship leaving many to constantly worry about remaining in Nigeria or leaving for greener pastures. Read More...
‘Publishing a Novel During a Global Pandemic Is Distracting’ Candice Iloh’s First Draft
Nigerian-American award-winning author of Every Body Looking, Break This House, and Salt the Water, Candice Iloh, wouldn’t change much about their 2020 debut, only that they would have celebrated it more: ‘The dream I’d had for the year my first book came out crumbled so quickly that it stopped feeling exciting.’ Read More...
