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.
4 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.
1 month 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 […]
2 months 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 […]
2 months ago
“Ko kan aye if you rubbish my talent/ No be you I sing for,” Kizz Daniel sings on My G, the track off his Maverick album that squares up against haters and unsolicited advisers alike. He comes for that segment of fans that believe he is ‘wasting his talent’—praising his abilities, but simultaneously undermining his […]
1 year ago
A lot has happened with the South African music genre in the time it has spent in Nigerian music. It was welcomed as a breath of fresh air, a new addition to Nigeria’s sonic template that creatives did not hesitate to explore. ‘Piano entered into a congenial marriage with Fuji under Asake and Seyi Vibez’s […]
1 year ago
Nollywood’s work rate has tremendously improved in the past two to three years. Stories like Kemi Adetiba’s King of Boys, Editi Effiong’s The Black Book, Eku Edewor’s Breath of Life, and Reuben J Reng’s Love and Life have portrayed the importance of relationships, family, and what grief can do to a person. On Love and […]
1 year 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 […]
1 year ago
Prettyboy D-O and Odumodublvck have found themselves locked at the center of Nigerian music’s most recent controversy, the first in 2024. Already, the internet has been agog with comments implying a shared artistic similarity between the artists, and these were often fashioned against Odumodublvck as his profile had grown tremendously in the past year—insinuating that […]
1 year ago
In the past decade, Mavin has produced several chart-topping hits that have dominated the Nigerian music scene and beyond. With an impressive roster of artists including Tiwa Savage, Korede Bello, Ayra Starr and Rema, Mavin has cemented its place as one of the most successful music labels in Nigeria. In this article, we take a […]
1 year ago
Adire, a comedy drama directed by Adeoluwa Owu, tells the story of a prostitute, Asari (Kehinde Bankole), who escapes from her pimp Captain (Yemi Blaq) and relocates to another town where she takes on a new identity as Adire. As she gradually adjusts to life in Oyo Oke, her former boss finds her, posing a […]
1 year ago
As the world continues to evolve and become more dependent on popular centralised entertainment, the issues of accountability and transparency become increasingly important. More specifically, in the Nigerian entertainment industry, there’s been an unsettling trend towards entertainment industry public figures expressing troubling behaviour and making controversial comments. Nigeria is going through an intense political upheaval […]
1 year ago
