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Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

In Starrgirl, Ayra Starr does not ask you to reconsider Ayra Starr. She assumes you already know who she is and expects you to keep up. The title alone sends listeners a message before they press play. Her first two records were titled around age — 19 & Dangerous introduced a fearless, fast-talking teenager; The […]

Anjola Akinmade

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4 days ago

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

A School in Nigeria is Providing Education to Nomadic Herder Families For the First Time in Generations

By Abubakar Muktar Abba In 2016, when the terrorist organization Boko Haram seized control of Abadam, a local government area in Borno State, North East Nigeria, Aisha’s family fled, leaving behind their livestock, farmland, and more. The Fulani family sought refuge in Maiduguri, the state’s capital. They found shelter at the Shuwari II for Internally […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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2 years ago

A School in Nigeria is Providing Education to Nomadic Herder Families For the First Time in Generations

How Energy Justice Advocates Are Claiming Real Power

Text and photos by Brooke Anderson On a cold winter morning deep in the woods of Cazadero, California, Nikola Alexandre adds gasoline to a red Predator 2000 generator, flips on the engine’s switch, and pulls the recoil cord. The generator sputters briefly, then steadily starts to hum. Members of the Shelterwood Collective, an Indigenous-, Black-, […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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2 years ago

How Energy Justice Advocates Are Claiming Real Power

“Késárí The King” Review: A Mock-Epic Narrative Gone Astray

Ibrahim Yekini (Itele d icon) produced and, with Tope Adebayo, co-directed Késárí the King, the latest addition to the filmmaker’s Késárí franchise whose previous installments, Késárí 1&2, released in 2018, are available on YouTube. Following its release Késárí the King had a run in the Nigerian cinemas before its recent debut on Netflix. In the film, the […]

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2 years ago

“Késárí The King” Review: A Mock-Epic Narrative Gone Astray

“Kill Boro” Review: Another Fictionalization of  Niger Delta Struggles and Survival 

Set in the fictional oil-rich region of Azuama, Kill Boro explores themes of family, survival, militancy, hope and redemption, particularly through the lead character Boro, played by Philip Asaya. Boro, a debt-ridden ex-militant, faces threat for defaulting on a loan taken from his former underground boss, Jaguar (Yibokoko). Outside the world of crime that he […]

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2 years ago

“Kill Boro” Review: Another Fictionalization of  Niger Delta Struggles and Survival 

Nigerian Lives: 7 Nigerians React to the New National Anthem

“Nigeria, We Hail Thee” served as the national anthem of Nigeria from the country’s independence in 1960 until 1978, when it was replaced by “Arise, O Compatriots.” However, in a symbolic move, President Bola Tinubu signed into law a bill on May 29, 2024, reinstating “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” as the nation’s official patriotic song. […]

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2 years ago

Nigerian Lives: 7 Nigerians React to the New National Anthem
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