Culture Custodian, Author at The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014.)

Feature Music

Custodian Review: Rum & Boogie Captures Peruzzi’s Smooth Blend Of Afro RnB and Afro Pop

April 15, 2021 by Culture Custodian

The DMW star’s sophomore album refocuses on melody and versatility, resulting in his most impressive record yet.

Music

Black Beatz Returns with New EP, Feelings & Reality

March 26, 2021 by Culture Custodian

Nigerian rapper and music producer, Black Beatz has unveiled his new EP, Feelings & Reality. The music project is his first in three years and comes as a follow-up to

Feature Music

Hanu Jay Wants To Be The Next Icon from the South

March 19, 2021 by Culture Custodian

“I just want to create and do something incredible,” Hanu Jay says when I phone in from Awka, Eastern Nigeria. Over in Lagos where the musician resides, he’s gearing up

Feature Music

LOFN4 Review: The WeTalkSound Collective are Onto Something

March 11, 2021 by Culture Custodian

As Afrobeats catapults to global prominence, local communities are leveraging cultural clout and striving for enduring impact. WeTalkSound are important in this regard: in the past four years, the Dolapo

Aesthetics Fashion Feature

Why We’re All So Crazy About Deola Sagoe’s Komole

March 10, 2021 by Culture Custodian

It’s 1998, the House of Deola Sagoe is a decade into the fashion business and on the brink of global stardom after a showstopping collection at M-Net’s Face of Africa.

Sports

4 Ways That Sports Has Changed Over The Years

March 10, 2021 by Culture Custodian

Going back 100 years ago, most people didn’t have the opportunity to play sports, irrespective of their talents. Fast-forwarding to today, the sports world is now a big universe on

Feature Music Pop Culture

How Davido Fashioned a Blueprint for Killing Features

February 23, 2021 by Culture Custodian

The music critic Oris Aigbokhaevbolo once tweeted of Davido, that he’s made “a science of pop music.” A subsequent article dissected the brilliance of Fem, with Aigbokhaevbolo noting how he combined “music and gossip” and “hasn’t looked back since he uncovered the value of this strategy.”

Music

Tobes44 Returns With A Bang on ‘Chief’

February 19, 2021 by Culture Custodian

Atlanta based UK rapper, Tobes44 is always one to ride a beat and on his latest release “Chief,” he does exactly what his listeners have become accustomed to returning with

Feature Music

3 Insights for Artists in 2021 from Victor Okpala

February 16, 2021 by Culture Custodian

In the Nigerian music ecosystem, Victor Okpala is a well-known name. Victor is a marketing & communications executive and part-time culture journalist, serving as founder/CEO of NABSolute Media; a modern communications

Film & TV

Enakhe, Riona & 2 Other Shows That Have Us Hooked On DStv

January 5, 2021 by Culture Custodian

We are suckers for good TV shows and lately, we’ve been following a couple of really good Nigerian ones on DStv. It will be wrong for us to unearth these

Feature Film & TV

Review: Quam’s Money is an Unexpected Hit

December 31, 2020 by Culture Custodian

Quam’s Money is enjoyable and a better watch than the original film.

Feature Film & TV

Kambili: The Whole 30 Yards Is Another Cliche Romcom

December 15, 2020 by Culture Custodian

by Franklin Ugobude There’s every chance that you’ve heard a story like Kambili: The Whole 30 yards at some point in your life. If you haven’t, you have seen it

Film & TV

Watch the Trailer for Day of Destiny (DOD)

December 1, 2020 by Culture Custodian

If there’s been a criticism of Nollywood over the last couple of years, it has been the failure to be more inclusive in the production process opting to tell the

Feature Film & TV

Review: Rattlesnake Shines, But Not Bright Enough

November 30, 2020 by Culture Custodian

The curse of every remake is the inevitable comparison to the original and whether it stacks up to it or not, and The Ahanna Story simply cannot lace the boots of Amaka Igwe’s Rattlesnake.

Feature Film & TV

Review: Citation is not the breakthrough we think it is, but it works well

November 10, 2020 by Culture Custodian

Fareeda Abdulkareem reviews Netflix’s latest Nigerian original, the Kunle Afolayan directed Citation.