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Faridah Folawiyo’s Year of Yes

A recurring theme in Folawiyo’s discussion of her work is accessibility, not as a marketing term but as something closer to a personal correction.

Anjola Akinmade

1 week ago

Mid-Year Review: The 10 Best Nigerian Songs of 2026

In the spirit of culture curation, Culture Custodian has put together a list of the best songs of 2026, so far.

John Eriomala

1 month ago

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.

Naomi Ezenwa

2 months ago

In Nigeria, Shame is the Substance of Things Hoped For

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 […]

John Eriomala

3 months ago

“My Father’s Shadow”: Analysing the Identity Crisis of a Nigerian and African Title

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.

Seyi Lasisi

3 months ago

Buying the Dream: Celebrity, Aspiration, and the Monetisation of Proximity

Across these examples — the bowling membership, the pastel advent calendar, the billion-naira mansion — a consistent pattern emerges. Nigeria’s dubious luxury market is not marginal or accidental. It is thriving because it taps into a powerful social undercurrent: the desire to feel close to visible wealth.

Naomi Ezenwa

6 months ago

“No More Way for Poor People”: A Street Slang With Dose of Reality

Just like Mavo “No more way for poor people,” slangs such as “Bombing and Azaman” originate from the same socio-economic conditions and widespread ills in the society. These street slangs are created within a context of systemic gaps and frustrations, and over time, they shape the attitudes and lifestyles of the people who consume them.

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

6 months ago

How Micro-Permissions Sustain Rape Culture in Nigerian Pop Culture

If rape culture circulates in everyday speech, it is hardly surprising that it also surfaces across the art forms that shape pop culture. Literature, film, and music do not merely reflect reality. They rehearse it, stylise it, and sometimes sanitise it although this is not the purpose of art.

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

6 months ago

Have Money or You Go Suffer: Celebrity, Allegiance and Wealth as a Shield

Siraheem and Teni’s new track, Trust Fund, does not attempt subtlety. From its opening seconds, it declares its thesis. The intro pulls from Davido’s viral meme — “omo in this life have money o, or you go suffer” — and that line sets the tone for the rest of the three-minute record. Across the track, […]

Naomi Ezenwa

6 months ago

Osahon Akpata and the Architecture of African Film Capital

Financial institutions often require tangible collateral, leaving intellectual property, already vulnerable to piracy, undervalued as an asset. Compounding this challenge is a knowledge gap.

Adedamola Adedayo

6 months ago

Knorr’s #ServingSinglesWithKnorr Puts the Heat Back in Modern Dating

If you can cook, you’re already halfway there. According to new research commissioned by Knorr, 88% of Gen Z singles in Nigeria say they find people who enjoy cooking more attractive — ranking it above flashy cars and even gym bodies. In the middle of swipe culture and perfectly curated dating profiles, it turns out […]

Naomi Ezenwa

6 months ago

Berlinale 2026 : Olive Nwosu and the Politics of Truth in “Lady”

Olive Nwosu is an award-winning Lagos-born and London-based screenwriter and director. In 2019, Troublemaker, her short film featuring non-actors, became the first Igbo-language film to be featured on the Criterion Channel. Two years later, she made Egúngún (Masquerade) which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and screened at Sundance Film Festival in 2022. […]

Seyi Lasisi

6 months ago

Who is Nollywood Making Films For?

Conversely, in mainstream Nollywood, there exist two categories of filmmakers : the ones that make films for intellectuals and for the unthinking masses. There’s a pretension among members of both groups that they are different.

Seyi Lasisi

6 months ago

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Faridah Folawiyo’s Year of Yes

Mid-Year Review: The 10 Best Nigerian Songs of 2026

What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?

In Nigeria, Shame is the Substance of Things Hoped For

“My Father’s Shadow”: Analysing the Identity Crisis of a Nigerian and African Title

Buying the Dream: Celebrity, Aspiration, and the Monetisation of Proximity

“No More Way for Poor People”: A Street Slang With Dose of Reality

How Micro-Permissions Sustain Rape Culture in Nigerian Pop Culture

Have Money or You Go Suffer: Celebrity, Allegiance and Wealth as a Shield

Osahon Akpata and the Architecture of African Film Capital

Knorr’s #ServingSinglesWithKnorr Puts the Heat Back in Modern Dating

Berlinale 2026 : Olive Nwosu and the Politics of Truth in “Lady”

Who is Nollywood Making Films For?

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