Culture & Society
‘Historians Value Closure.’ Moses Ochonu’s First Draft
Nigerian historian and author, Moses Ochonu finds the ending of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart disappointing. Read our interview. Read More...
A Pair of Broad Bottoms Saartjie Baartman and the Perpetual Public Spectacle of Blackness
Not even in fiction is Saartjie Baartman spared the reduction to her physical features that attends her life in Europe. Read more. Read More...
Politics of Exposure The Visual Economy of HIV/AIDS in South Africa
When tracking the progression of Mendel’s photo portfolios and imagery, however, there is a shift from representations of suffering, pain, and death of people with HIV/AIDS to those in which he aims to show people in a ‘positive, individualized way’. Read more. Read More...
‘Mistakes Make Our Stories Worth Telling.’ Nnamdi Ehirim’s First Draft
Nigerian author, Nnamdi Ehirim considers imperfection not a challenge to writing, but an underlying feature. Read our interview. Read More...
Forced, Stigmatized and Misunderstood Almajirai and Boko Haram beyond the Victim-Perpetrator Binary
This widespread begging practice within almajiranci, combined with lower prospects for alms-giving due to a constrained local economy, leads to almajirai being out on the streets for longer. This, in turn, leaves them vulnerable and prone to exploitation by terrorist groups such as Boko Haram. Read more. Read More...
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion
Why are end-time conspiracy theories attributing the spread of COVID-19 to the 5G network and a proposed global world order gaining momentum? Read more. Read More...
‘I Am a Mood Reader.’ Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed’s First Draft
Author of ‘Reading Feminism’, blogger, editor and researcher, Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed, describes herself as a ‘mood reader’. Read our interview. Read More...
Who is Irene Cohen? The Re-Discovery of Feminist Freedom in Modern-Day Angola
Every year, Irene Cohen and Deolinda Rodrigues, two Angolan nationalists, are eulogized on Angolan Women’s Day on March 2; their short and tragic lives are made emblematic of African feminism and national pride. Read more. Read More...
‘Nigerians Read.’ Kunle Tejuoso’s First Draft
Founder of book and record store, Jazzhole, Kunle Tejuoso, believes the response to globalization should be conscious cultural production. Read our interview. Read More...
The Foreign Flows of Nigerian Hip-Hop Nigeria’s Hip-Hop Problem
As military rule in Nigeria came to an end, a new generation of singers, heavily influenced by the ‘golden age of American hip-hop’ was born. Read more. Read More...
