Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent
My Father’s Shadow is a personal, semi-autobiographical exploration of the Davies brothers. It’s charged as an attempt to make sense of the absence that shaped their formative years.
3 weeks ago
Despite his embattled situation, writing Wizkid off is a bit premature, he still has a huge fanbase and the talent to command rave reviews from critics.
4 weeks ago
To open 5ive, the poet Alhanislam recites a spoken-word commentary on the album and the man behind it. It feels a little pretentious, rooted in the same idea that drives artists to label every new project their deepest and most personal work yet. Yet some of it does have grounding in real-life events. Alhanislam hails […]
1 month ago
If you’ve been even remotely active online, the words Achalugo and Odogwu have likely crossed your path, either directly or embedded in brands like Piggyvest’s marketing materials. Perhaps you’ve also encountered the lavish praise hailing Love in Every Word as one of 2025’s cinematic masterpieces, or declarations that Omoni Oboli has revolutionized NollyTube. If we […]
1 month ago
By Emmanuel Haddad George Tekle, once a taxi driver, turned to cultivating the land in his hometown, Majdel Meouch, located in the Chouf region, during the crisis. “We need to make ends meet,” he told L’Orient-Le Jour. The rising costs of imported fertilizer, however, strained his budget. Luckily, one day, he bumped into a […]
11 months ago
Work hard, play hard, is an adage as old as time. After the grind of daily responsibilities, unwinding becomes not just a luxury, but a necessity. For many, weekends transform into playgrounds of relaxation and revelry. Yet, beneath the pulsing lights and pounding beats, some revelers —particularly women— encounter moments that forever alter their perception […]
11 months ago
Fave makes music for the down-bad lover girls. Chidozie Godsfavour Ugochinyere or Fave as she is better known, is one of the female voices redefining Afro-beat music. She entered the music scene in 2020 with songs like DAL, and M.O.M.M.S which kept her at the top of everyone’s minds. However, a freestyle video to a […]
11 months ago
Did you know that there are approximately 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide? Can you imagine all the different ways in which we all use the internet? Obasanjo’s Internet is our interview series where we speak to some of our internet favourites on how they relate to the internet and what it means to them […]
11 months ago
Damilare Kuku has enjoyed a meteoric rise in Nigeria’s literary scene. Her unique brand of light-hearted fiction, skillfully mixing irreverent humor with a tongue-in-cheek exploration of social issues, has captivated a broad audience. A blend of marketing genius, outlandish titles, and thematic relatability has propelled her toward pop fiction stardom. Emerging at a time when […]
11 months ago
Addictions are far more complex than many realize. Merriam-Webster defines an addiction as a “compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms.” Contrary to what many people think, addictive behaviors can extend to other aspects of modern life, […]
11 months ago
Yoruba religion accounts for the existence of at least three worlds: the living which is the abode of humans; the dead, which is the afterlife inhabited by ancestors or souls of the deceased (and may house those who, upon death as despicable humans, metamorphose into evil spirits that can be possessed and controlled at will […]
11 months ago
The 31st of March marked several significant things; for Christians, it was Easter Sunday, for Muslims it was another day in the ninth month of Ramadan, and for Lagosians, it was Homecoming Festival’s Live Show. Homecoming was created by Grace Ladoja in 2018. Since its inception, the five-day festival, Our Homecoming has solidified itself as […]
11 months ago
