What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?
Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
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Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
3 weeks ago
What shall it profit a people to lack shame? What does it really profit a nation of over 180 million people to consistently platform and promote individuals with an addiction to humiliation? There comes a time when one must sit back, rest their hands on their head, exhale, and declare that it all doesn’t make […]
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My Father’s Shadow dual-citizenship tension isn’t an isolated conversation in African cinema. From the early 2000’s to date, there have been a select number of African titles with similar tension.
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Aanu Adeoye is a journalist at a major newspaper and author working on his debut nonfiction book about Africa’s emerging geopolitics. Here, he takes us through his use of the internet as both a tool for work and a distraction to be avoided. Who are you? What do you do? Who am I? What a […]
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Freedom of choice is the ability to make decisions without being forced or unduly pressured by others.
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A series of videos posted on Instagram two days ago by Gambian-Senegalese model and content creator, Mohamet “Swaggy Mo” Mbaye, based in the United States, has stirred feverish conversation on social media, prompting pertinent questions about Nigerian immigration personnel and the country’s civil service writ large. “I don’t think I will ever step foot in […]
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“I don’t really like to use the word activism, because activism is a bastardized word.” Over a Google Meet, Seun Anikulapo-Kuti tells me why he prefers the word liberation to activism. At first, one may think it’s a semantic choice, but the more you speak to Kuti, the more you understand his philosophical ideals. His […]
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Every week, The Culture Custodian grants you an all-access backstage pass into the lives of Nollywood rock stars. You get to learn about their fascinating backgrounds, the behind-the-scenes stories, and more. This episode features cinematographer, producer and director, Nora Awolowo. When Nora Awolowo joins the late-evening Google Meet call, she is only just settling down […]
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Martell, world’s leading international prestige cognac brand, has extended its cultural presence across Lagos through a multi-faceted campaign that transforms the city’s nightlife and public spaces. Following the unveiling of The Swift Ascendant—a monumental 14-foot sculpture created by acclaimed artist Dotun Popoola—the brand launched its Experience the Wings of Audacity series across key entertainment venues. […]
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The horror film genre is known for jump scares, dark symbols, a tense, bizarre atmosphere enhanced with effective lighting, colour palettes and requisite sound design, and characters that often come off as strange, underdeveloped and spiritually inclined. Mooreoluwa Wright’s Keys effuses these symptoms over a deserving twenty-three minutes of running time that reflects a repugnant […]
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Nigeria has no shortage of young talent. What it lacks, still frustratingly, is enough real-world opportunity to meet that talent at scale. That gap is what the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP) was designed to confront. Now, with the launch of NJFP 2.0, the programme is opening its doors once again—this time calling on organisations […]
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“Why is he obsessed with churning out albums?” This is one question out of many that you might find yourself pondering over if you manage to trudge through Shallipopi’s latest album—Auracle—which, with 22 tracks that add up to a runtime exceeding one hour, is his most maximalist album yet. Dispensing with his usual tendency for […]
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The tagline on the cover of the Short, About Sarah reads: a pretentious thesis on love. It’s a cheeky warning, almost like the film is winking at you before it even begins. And true to its word, it opens with that age-old, slightly corny question—do you believe in love? From there, the film wanders through […]
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