Culture & Society
The Gravitational Pull of Hilda Baci From Online Culinary Sensation to Guinness World Record Holder?
What drew Nigerians to Hilda Baci's cooking marathon wasn’t just the possible triumph of a new world record but the allure of audacious hope. Read More...
Sampling and the ‘New Fela’ Complex Is the Ethical Preservation of Black Music Possible?
The ethical preservation of Black music is an attempt at remembering our varied musical histories and treating such histories with respect. By sampling indigenous music and celebrating the impact of Black legacy acts, many artists are currently demonstrating the importance of preserving, understanding or displaying an interest in the musical contexts which inform their work. Read More...
Homecoming Delayed President Buhari Stalls the Return of Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The planned return of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria by the University of Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has been postponed over a gazette signed by President Muhammadu Buhari giving the Oba of Benin authority over the bronzes. Read More...
‘Writing Historical Fiction for the First Time Made Me Nervous’ Omolola Ogunyemi’s First Draft
Nigerian author, Omolola Ogunyemi, wanted her debut novel to capture the ways in which the lives of Nigerian women have changed over several generations. Read More...
A Valiant but Flawed Effort to Gauge the Worth of a Life Book Review: People Live Here by TJ Benson
People Live Here by TJ Benson is a novel that will inspire conversation because of its novelty and its ambition, but it will also inspire a lot of divisive commentary because of its stylistic choices and less than stellar execution. Read More...
A Captivating Debut on Self-Discovery Book Review: Maame by Jessica George
Maame, a novel by Jessica George, is an intense yet uplifting journey towards self-discovery. The novel carefully explores what it means to find one’s true self and how to deal with grief. Read More...
‘I Love an Underdog Story’ Celeste Mohammed’s First Draft
Trinidadian author, Celeste Mohammed, started writing Pleasantview to meet the demands of her MFA program. Read More...
First Marathon Olympic Champion Sifan Hassan Won the London Marathon on Her First Attempt
Hassan came into the London Marathon as an underdog. She had never run a marathon, never raced on asphalt, and had never drunk fluids while completing a road race. Hassan trained for the marathon while observing the month-long fast of Ramadan, which restricted her from running lengthy distances as she was unable to eat or drink during the day. Read More...
Resisting Linguistic Genocide How Colonization Shaped Language in Guinea-Bissau
Colonization was an enterprise that not only administratively dominated the colonized territories by having exploited its resources illegitimately and illegally. In Guinea-Bissau as in other formerly colonized regions, colonization was, above all, also an act of cultural alienation of the natives, who saw their traditions belittled and ridiculed, their history suspended, and their languages the preserve of the most uneducated. Read More...
‘Let the Data Guide You’ Zainab Usman’s First Draft
Nigerian author, Zainab Usman, believes the task of economic diversification is Nigeria’s foremost development challenge. Read More...
