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Digital Piracy in Nigeria: We Need Honest and Accommodating Conversations

Digital Piracy in Nigeria: We Need Honest and Accommodating Conversations

The Nigerian literary community has been engaged in an important conversation around piracy, unapproved digitization, accessibility, and distribution of Nigerian and African books. Fortune Amor’s digitization of over 200 African writers’ books belonging to the Heinemann African Writers Series sparked this timely conversation. Nigerian journalist and writer, Molara Wood, and others have rightfully called out […]

Seyi Lasisi

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14 hours ago

How to Waste a Population of 200 Million Footballers

When Morocco’s King Mohammed VI commissioned the $10 billion stadium construction program that hosted the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025, he understood what many African politicians miss: winning tournaments transforms political capital. In an election year, Nigerian leaders seeking high office might note that Morocco’s investment didn’t just host tournaments; it announced Morocco as […]

Afolabi Adekaiyaoja

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4 weeks ago

How to Waste a Population of 200 Million Footballers

How 2016 Reshaped The Sound and Ambitions of Afrobeats

Days into 2026, quips about 2026 being the new 2016 began to circulate on social media. In a sense, this gestured at Gen Z’s relentless penchant for nostalgia, a phenomenon that’s as palpable in the music of the day as it is in fashion. It also doubles as a pun, or a meme, if you […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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1 month ago

How 2016 Reshaped The Sound and Ambitions of Afrobeats

The Uzama Brothers Are Wearing Their City on Their Sleeves

Last weekend,  the youngest of the Uzama brothers, Osahan Uzama, more known by his moniker, Famous Pluto, joined the ranks of his brothers—Shallipopi, and Zerry DL, both fierce advocates of Benin Street Pop—with the release of his feverishly anticipated single Na Scra. Before its official release, the song had been making the rounds on TikTok, […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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12 months ago

The Uzama Brothers Are Wearing Their City on Their Sleeves

“B(l)ind the Sacrifice”: Nakhane Pokes at Organised Religion and Received Traditional Knowledge

“Additionally, the film opens with the mother reiterating how important it is to follow the family’s tradition and obey the father. I wanted to use this to state that sometimes the victims of patriarchy subconsciously ensure that it stays in power. Although she doesn’t participate in the sacrifice, it’s ambiguous as to if she knows about two important incidents in the film: The attempted sacrifice and the lead character’s killing of his father. I decided to do that to leave ambiguity in the audiences’ consciousness.”

Seyi Lasisi

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12 months ago

“B(l)ind the Sacrifice”: Nakhane Pokes at Organised Religion and Received Traditional Knowledge

Nollywood Under Scrutiny: Unpacking the “Gangs of Lagos” Court Verdict and Its Impact on Nigerian Filmmakers 

About two years ago, when Gangs of Lagos was released on Amazon Prime Video as her first Nigerian Original film, it was met with mixed reactions. Some praised the film as a milestone in modern Nigerian storytelling. Apologists of traditions accused the producers of misrepresenting Isale Eko and defaming the sacred Eyo Masquerade institution. I […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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12 months ago

Nollywood Under Scrutiny: Unpacking the “Gangs of Lagos” Court Verdict and Its Impact on Nigerian Filmmakers 

The 10 Best Nigerian Action Films of All Time

What we call Nollywood are works and developments in Nigerian film and television, from the days of home video to the current streaming and cinema era. This corpus includes films across different genres, which blend and project peculiar Nigerian realities with universal trends. One of these popular Nollywood genres, the action film, offers adventurous, thrilling, […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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12 months ago

The 10 Best Nigerian Action Films of All Time

“This Is Love” Review—Victor Njoku’s Experiential Coverage of Queer Relationships In Nigeria 

On 7th January, 2014, former president of Nigeria Goodluck Ebele Jonathan signed the Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2013 (SSMPA), banning and criminalising marriage between persons of the same sex in Nigeria. While society has always frowned at homosexual conduct, the SSMPA formally institutionalised it —with the Act further recommending 10 years imprisonment for people who […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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12 months ago

“This Is Love” Review—Victor Njoku’s Experiential Coverage of Queer Relationships In Nigeria 

The Internet Has No Boundaries, And That’s a Danger to Our Kids

Section 32 of Nigeria’s Child Rights Act establishes serious penalties for sexual abuse and exploitation of children. It mandates a 14-year imprisonment term for offenders. While the legislation explicitly criminalizes child pornography and emotional abuse, there is a blind spot in our legal framework: the unauthorized collection and storage of children’s images without explicit sexual […]

Shalom Tewobola

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12 months ago

The Internet Has No Boundaries, And That’s a Danger to Our Kids

This Year’s Edition of The Annual Nigerian Hip-Hop Rumble Has Arrived

Not a single year passes in the Nigerian music scene without a heated public conversation either on the relevancy of Hip Hop in these parts or obscure discussions about certain technicalities around the Nigerian Hip Hop orthodoxy. Hip Hop enthusiasts would remember 2022, when Psycho YP took swipes at “Rap OGs,” essentially crowning himself the […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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12 months ago

This Year’s Edition of The Annual Nigerian Hip-Hop Rumble Has Arrived
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