Culture & Society
‘I’ve Never Considered Myself as Having a Writing Style’ Ntsika Kota’s First Draft
Author of ‘and the earth drank deep’ and a winner of the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Ntsika Kota, had never seriously considered publishing his writing. Read our interview. Read More...
‘Don’t Let What Is in Vogue Decide What or How You Write’ Chigozie Obioma’s First Draft
Author of 'An Orchestra of Minorities' and 'The Fishermen', Chigozie Obioma wants to destroy Africa’s ‘unconscious sense of inferiority’. Read our interview. Read More...
‘There’s a Story in Everything’ Aisha Salaudeen’s First Draft
Multimedia journalist and creator of the I Like Girls podcast, Aisha Salaudeen, believes you can find a story in anything. Read our interview. Read More...
‘A Storyteller to His Bones’ Nigerian Filmmaker and Writer, Biyi Bandele, Has Died
On Sunday, 07 August 2022, Nigerian author and filmmaker, Biyi Bandele, died in Lagos at the age of 54. Read more. Read More...
From Soft Life to Soft Power Reconsidering Nigeria’s Regional and Global Influence
Nigeria is currently experiencing a creative and cultural renaissance. According to a UNDP Imagine Nigeria report, Nigeria needs a new economic roadmap. One in which the creative economy is center stage. Read more Read More...
‘We Are Incredibly Bad, As a Species, at Valuing Things’ Charles Ebikeme’s First Draft
Sub-editor at The Republic, Charles Ebikeme, believes humanity has not arrived at a proper way of valuing good health. Read our interview. Read More...
The UK’s Largest Benin Bronzes Repatriation Oxford and Cambridge Will Return 213 Stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
On 29 July 2022, Oxford and Cambridge University announced that they would return 213 stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Read more. Read More...
When Maasaiphobia Became Policy An Insider’s Perspective on Environmental Racism and the Maasai Predicament in Ngorongoro
The Maasai have become strangers, victims, and miserable paupers on the lands that are rightly theirs. Read more Read More...
‘Why Didn’t Anyone Help Him?’ In Italy, an Italian Man Has Killed a Disabled Nigerian Man
On 29 July, in Italy, a 39-year-old Nigerian, Alika Ogochukwu, was killed while trying to sell trinkets to an Italian man. Read more. Read More...
‘To Be Called a Writer Is to Be Called to Clarity’ Gbọ́láhàn Adébíyì’s First Draft
Historian and author of ‘Nigeria’s March to The Gallows’, Gbọláhàn Adébíyì, writes like a baker. Read our interview. Read More...
