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.
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Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent
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.
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In the spirit of culture curation, Culture Custodian has put together a list of the best songs of 2026, so far.
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Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
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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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Queer Nigerian and African media is continually growing despite state and homophobic stifling. Queer Nigerian media exist in the songs of Temmie Ovwasa, visual arts by Tega Akpomedaye and Eloghosa Osunde, Ani Kayode Somtochukwu, Akwaeke Emezi and other Nigerian books. And This Is Love, a queer-themed documentary co-directed by Victor Ugoo Njoku and Neec Nonso, […]
8 months ago
There’s a new pulse running through Nigeria’s rave circuit, and if you’ve been outside lately, you’ve definitely felt it. Smirnoff X1 isn’t just showing up at the biggest parties – it’s shaping the way they feel. Walk into any major rave and there’s this instant sense of freedom: the ease to move how you want, […]
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What happens when you mix family trauma, Nollywood glamour, forbidden love, depression, friendship, second chances, and long-awaited reunions? You get Tomilola Coco Adeyemo’s A Nollywood Christmas. The story follows Anu Fashoranti, a woman in her forties who’s content with her carefully built life—until she meets a younger man who turns her entire world upside down. […]
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Something deeply unsettling is unfolding across Nigerian social media, and most of us are too busy scrolling to notice. Terrorist groups operating within the country’s volatile regions are slowly becoming content creators. Their propaganda videos—once confined to grainy WhatsApp forwards and hushed conversations—now circulate openly on TikTok and Twitter, racking up views, comments, and shares […]
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Destiny Festus’ In Our Dream We Fly is a celebration of the divinity of everyday life. The film which screened at IFA 2025 and made in collaboration with his siblings revolves around the mundanity of everyday conversation that two sisters share. We watch the sisters dote on each other and get mischievous in the archetypal […]
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Since Burna Boy sauntered into the Afrobeats scene, well over a decade ago, he has established himself as Nigerian music’s chief enfant terrible. He is often as guilty of puckish and juvenile infractions as he is of ones that can only be described as malevolent. As such, in his long career, he has been mired […]
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The journey to making Odaro Eguavoen’s Noise Around Her Black, his debut short film, started while he watched films at the 2024 edition of the S16 Film Festival. Attending the festival and watching specific films opened him to the possibilities of expressing himself through cinema. As Eguavoen shared this during the post-screening conversation at Ibadan […]
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The 4th edition of Kingdom Film Festival (KFF 2025) took place at Victoria Island, Lagos, bringing together faith-inclined filmmakers and talents within the creative industry in Nigeria. Partly modelled after other major film festivals in the country and around Africa, KFF 2025 featured exclusive film screenings, keynote speeches, panel sessions, workshops, pitch sessions and an […]
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