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Chibuzo Emmanuel

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Emmanuel Chibuzo is a staff writer for The Culture Custodian. His intense, essayistic writing confronts pertinent questions within arts and culture, and how these seemingly grand issues form a thread that tethers to the human experience.

How The Headies Mirrors Nigeria’s Dysfunctional Society

How The Headies Mirrors Nigeria’s Dysfunctional Society

The 17th edition of The Headies was held on Sunday night and it came complete with the standard fare of problems. The production was characteristically abysmal. The broadcast feed could as well have been from the 1980s. Tardiness was a problem, as usual. It’s almost like the entire concept of time was lost on the […]

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Dear Nigerian Preachers, Your Pulpit is Not a Podcast Booth

Nigeria is no stranger to controversial and often inane rhetoric from its preachers. In 2020, whilst the entire country shuddered under the weight of an inscrutable pandemic whose full impacts were yet unknown, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the founder and head pastor of Christ Embassy, took to the pulpit to echo some rabid conspiracy  about the […]

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6 days ago

Dear Nigerian Preachers, Your Pulpit is Not a Podcast Booth

How The Headies Mirrors Nigeria’s Dysfunctional Society

The 17th edition of The Headies was held on Sunday night and it came complete with the standard fare of problems. The production was characteristically abysmal. The broadcast feed could as well have been from the 1980s. Tardiness was a problem, as usual. It’s almost like the entire concept of time was lost on the […]

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1 week ago

How The Headies Mirrors Nigeria’s Dysfunctional Society

Rema’s Next Era is Probably Not What You Expected

Many of us were first introduced to Rema through his early freestyle videos. Remember those videos? When he was lithe and wide-eyed. When he hadn’t yet taken on the imperious charisma that has become synonymous with him. When his voice hadn’t assumed the dark mildewed texture with which he conjures foreboding melodies today. In the […]

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2 weeks ago

Rema’s Next Era is Probably Not What You Expected

The Truth About Rema’s Botched Coachella Set

Since Rema’s Coachella performance on Sunday, social media has been whirring with commentary that runs the gamut from scathing polemics to concerned questioning. 30 minutes past the scheduled starting time for his 45-minute set, Rema waltzed onto the stage at the Mojave tent wearing a cropped white tee and dark jeans. As he skulked on […]

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3 weeks ago

The Truth About Rema’s Botched Coachella Set

In Rigo Kamp’s Titular Debut EP Old and New Collide Seamlessly

When, in March of 2024, the preternaturally gifted Rigo Kamp took the stage at The Native’s uNder Live show at Miliki, Lagos, the atmosphere tangibly shifted. The stage was still adorned with lush foliage and embroidered tapestries. And yet it suddenly felt as though the sheer force of his music had transported the crowd to […]

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3 weeks ago

In Rigo Kamp’s Titular Debut EP Old and New Collide Seamlessly
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