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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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1 month ago

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

Hilda Baci’s Critics Are Missing The Point of Her Latest GWR Endeavor

The Guinness World Records has officially announced Hilda Baci, alongside fast-moving consumer goods  brand Gino, as the holders of the new record of the largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice. Last Friday, Baci, who in 2023 claimed the record for the world’s longest cooking marathon—93 hours and 11 minutes—attempted to set this new record. By […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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1 year ago

Hilda Baci’s Critics Are Missing The Point of Her Latest GWR Endeavor

Brenda Fashugba Is Creating Powerful Women in the Arts

When she left a banking job in 2008 to enter the creative sector, she quickly discovered that her presence in the industry would be overshadowed by her husband’s long-standing reputation. Despite her work as a producer and strategist, she was often introduced simply as “his wife.” Fashugba didn’t like that. That constant erasure made one […]

Shalom Tewobola

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1 year ago

Brenda Fashugba Is Creating Powerful Women in the Arts

Is Art for Collectors or for the People?

We have accepted a recurring myth: the belief that art is for everyone. We often romanticize the aesthetics of art and what it means for the people, but slowly, we forget the exclusivity of gallery spaces, the rising cost of artistic visibility, and the gated participation and access tied to the art market rather than […]

Ayomide Bakare

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1 year ago

Is Art for Collectors or for the People?

TIFF 2025: Zamo Mkhwanazi’s “Laundry” Exemplifies Life Under the Apartheid Regime

Zamo Mkhwanazihttps directorial debut, Laundry, is inspired by a personal story. In 1954, her maternal grandfather’s laundry business was unlawfully shot down by the apartheid government. It was about six years into the South African apartheid regime and this institutional disinheritance made her maternal grandfather lose his livelihood. This experience provides the autobiographical lens for […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

TIFF 2025: Zamo Mkhwanazi’s “Laundry” Exemplifies Life Under the Apartheid Regime
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