Zikoko’s “Siraam”: Teaching Young Women Consent Isn’t Enough
We see Siraam as she struggles to advocate for herself and ensure that the sex she chooses is both pleasurable and safe for her.
1 week ago
We see Siraam as she struggles to advocate for herself and ensure that the sex she chooses is both pleasurable and safe for her.
1 week ago
Following the abduction of school children and members of staff in Oriire LGA, Ogbomosho, the Oyo State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) embarked on an indefinite strike. The strike which lasted for a month before it was called off was to demonstrate concerns about the level of security in the state and […]
2 months ago
Some spaces never truly leave us. That’s the central idea behind The Rooms We Carry, a new group exhibition at Retro Africa Gallery in Abuja that examines the emotional architecture people build over a lifetime. Opening June 19, the exhibition brings together five contemporary artists — Enoch Chinweuba, Oluwatobiloba Fasalejo, Christopher Samuel Idowu, Tiwa Akinjide, […]
3 months ago
From the start, it felt like the universe was testing my resolve.
3 months ago
I hate that I don’t know how to just want without shame or strategy
3 months ago
By Lulu Shabell For a long time, I have asked myself the wrong question. I have spent years placing African designers in Porto, Paris, Dubai, New York, and London for international buyers who arrived with their own frameworks of value, selected what resonated with them, and then departed. The work has been meaningful, and I […]
3 months ago
On Saturday, January 10, 2026, residents of Ekpoma in Edo State protested a surge in kidnappings. Students of Ambrose Alli University joined, adding numbers, energy, and urgency. The situation escalated quickly: at least 52 people, majority of them students, were arrested, arraigned, and remanded at the Ubiaja Correctional Centre. Days of pressure from rights groups, […]
4 months ago
In Nigeria, political influence is not only exercised by the ruling class through polemics and powerful speeches: it is also worn.
6 months ago