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
Can a crime be justified if it is done to save a loved one’s life, especially when the victim is a bonafide ass-wipe? What happens when a poor, dysfunctional family is compelled to grapple with a terminal, expensive illness? Would it be a rallying force, or a catalyst for their disintegration? These posers undergird A […]
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
Kenneth Nnebue’s 1992 blockbuster, Living in Bondage marked the beginning of an era in the Nigerian film industry. The story which follows a man who ritually sacrificed his devoted wife in exchange for quick wealth and fortune was a hit, selling about 750,000 copies in total. Hence, Living in Bondage is considered the pioneer film […]
1 year ago
Cyphers have come to form an integral part of Nigeria’s rap industry. They originated as part of early American Hip-hop culture, where rappers would get together in a circle and freestyle to a single beat, with many of these lines often directed derogatorily at one another in battle-rap style. These little bouts of rap, combative […]
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
Akuchi’s No Games advocates for persevering in spite of opposition. It is produced by Oladimeji Obiremi, who sets it to a somber Trap beat, one Akuchi matches with rap verses, his tone alternating between defiance and bluster. Akuchi’s aesthetic rails against convention, with his American-style delivery, a counterintuitive choice at a time when both Nigerian […]
1 year ago
“Shayo no dey Heaven, so allow me make I chop life,” goes a line in Kowa, encapsulating the song’s hedonism. This call to pleasure and play is set to an equally playful beat bearing the markings of Nigerian street pop. The song even bears the genre’s linguistic character, its lyrics partially delivered in Yoruba. The […]
1 year ago
Unlike typical faith-based Nigerian productions, such as Mount Zion films, that are tailored to strictly propagate the gospel through the depiction of Christian spirituality, Breath of Life walks the line between religion and secularism. Part of the film’s impetus is derived from religious philosophy, yet the film advances towards a heterogeneous audience, spewing themes like […]
1 year ago
