Art

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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6 months ago

Digital Piracy in Nigeria: We Need Honest and Accommodating Conversations

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

The Yoruba people have a saying: “Sátídé ti ọ dà, àti Jímọ́h láti mọ́.” Although there are different iterations of this saying, what they loosely translate to is that tomorrow’s greatness is foreshadowed in the details of today. This often-recycled axiom captures my thoughts after watching the trailer for Akay Mason’s Red Circle which has […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

James Omokwe’s “Osamede” Does not Romanticize The African Past

The Nigerian and African pre-colonial and colonial past is a space of continuous contest, trauma, nostalgia and pride. Colonialism enforced a brutal separation from personal, cultural, geographical and national identity. The cultural and spiritual life and identity of British colonies, like Nigeria, was forced to unfavourably exist and contest with British religion, culture, values and […]

Seyi Lasisi

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10 months ago

James Omokwe’s “Osamede” Does not Romanticize The African Past

Ofem Ubi and Prince Uhuoma Charles’ “What Do You Remember?”: Nigerian Films as Site of Protest and Remembrance

When the massacred EndSARS protesters stepped out on October 20, 2020, they weren’t aware that five years later a Goethe-Institute-funded film would be made in their memory. They didn’t know the late President Muhammadu Buhari, other government executives and military officials would deny their internationally-broadcast murders. They also weren’t  aware that Nigerian musicians, filmmakers, artists […]

Seyi Lasisi

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10 months ago

Ofem Ubi and Prince Uhuoma Charles’ “What Do You Remember?”: Nigerian Films as Site of Protest and Remembrance

5 Things to Look Forward to at ART X Lagos 10X Edition

This November, ART X Lagos marks its 10th anniversary with a landmark tenth edition — 10X — from 6–9 November 2025 at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos to celebrate a decade of cultural impact, creative innovation, and global dialogue. Since its founding in 2016, the fair has become a cornerstone of Africa’s cultural calendar, attracting […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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10 months ago

5 Things to Look Forward to at ART X Lagos 10X Edition

Yinka Ilori Launches Foundation to Bring Joy and Creativity to Communities Worldwide

British-Nigerian artist and designer Yinka Ilori MBE has launched the Yinka Ilori Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to reimagining how communities everywhere access joy, creativity, and opportunity. Rooted in co-creation and sustainability, the Foundation will build permanent community spaces that empower young people, celebrate local identity, and encourage self-sufficiency. The Foundation’s first flagship site opens soon […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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11 months ago

Yinka Ilori Launches Foundation to Bring Joy and Creativity to Communities Worldwide

Yomi Adejumo’s “Thicker Than Water” Has A Feeble Plot

Yomi E. Adejumo’s Thicker Than Water is an all-too familiar story. The audience recognizes the bond between Ese (Ada Obi), a journalist and Onome (Bimbo Ademoye), her older sister who has passed away in unclear circumstances. The sisters were super-glue close until Onome left home for personal reasons. A journalist, Ese reluctantly investigates Onome’s death […]

Seyi Lasisi

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11 months ago

Yomi Adejumo’s “Thicker Than Water” Has A Feeble Plot

When Art Becomes a Conversation 

Against the dark background, her white dress and gele glow. The details accumulate: lipstick stains, white pearls catching light, the fullness of her form, and then her eyes. Those eyes arrest you. They carry an old sadness, the kind that comes from waiting for something that never arrives. This was the image that launched Anthony […]

Shalom Tewobola

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11 months ago

When Art Becomes a Conversation 
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