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Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent

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

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3 months ago

In Nigeria, Shame is the Substance of Things Hoped For

Why Nigerian (Ready To Wear) Brands Are So Unaffordable 

In recent years, Africa has been a growing hotspot for fashion. From luxury couture brands to smaller fast fashion brands, there is a growing consumer trend on the continent for fashion Made-in-Africa, particularly among young people the under-25s account for 50% of the continent’s total population and among the burgeoning middle class; which make up […]

Naomi Ezenwa

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1 year ago

Why Nigerian (Ready To Wear) Brands Are So Unaffordable 

Anita Ashiru is Shaping the Future of Production Design

“When I was a kid, I never thought Nigerian visuals could look this good. Now, people look to us for inspiration,” a friend messaged Anita after she shared behind-the-scenes shots from Davido’s Na Money video. “What you’re doing for Nigerian art and set design is history-making, it’s elevating the country’s prestige in ways that can’t […]

Shalom Tewobola

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1 year ago

Anita Ashiru is Shaping the Future of Production Design

We Need Better Men In Our Society

“For I think that to be beaten and to be put to death is sometimes better than to do what is wrong,” Socrates says in Plato’s Georgias. This pithy statement encapsulates the Socratic view on masculinity, which resists the Homeric obsession with honor through violence. In his day, Socrates’ single-minded focus on moral integrity as […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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1 year ago

We Need Better Men In Our Society

Taiwo Egunjobi’s “The Fire and The Moth” Reiterates the Transnational Posture of Cinema

The Fire and The Moth Nollywood filmmakers, like their foreign peers, aren’t free from the clutches of influences. Tapping inspiration from various sources, including literature, other films, and cultural narratives, titles like  The Matrix (1999)  loosely inspired by Ghost in the Shell (1995), Inception (2010) inspired by Paprika (2006) and The Lion King (1994) loosely […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

Taiwo Egunjobi’s “The Fire and The Moth” Reiterates the Transnational Posture of Cinema
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