What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?
Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
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Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
3 weeks ago
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 […]
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My Father’s Shadow dual-citizenship tension isn’t an isolated conversation in African cinema. From the early 2000’s to date, there have been a select number of African titles with similar tension.
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Aanu Adeoye is a journalist at a major newspaper and author working on his debut nonfiction book about Africa’s emerging geopolitics. Here, he takes us through his use of the internet as both a tool for work and a distraction to be avoided. Who are you? What do you do? Who am I? What a […]
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Freedom of choice is the ability to make decisions without being forced or unduly pressured by others.
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Literary circles buzzed with excitement this weekend as Chimamanda Adichie, one of contemporary literature’s most celebrated voices, stepped back into the spotlight. The occasion? The imminent release of Dreamcount, her first novel in nearly 12 years, sparked a whirlwind of high-profile appearances and revelations. The New Yorker published an excerpt titled Chuka, while Vogue captured […]
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Amel Guellaty’s debut feature-length Where the Wind Comes From screened at the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the just ended Sundance Film Festival. The film, one of the scanty African films selected and Tunisian’s sole selection at the festival, subtly directs our gaze to the ongoing political tension and tragedy in Tunisia and, by […]
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Two days ago, Asake released his first single of the year, Why Love, marking the start of a new phase he has called his “military era.” This comes days after Rema and Ayra, each released their respective debut singles of the year, similarly marking the start of new chapters in their careers. Rema’s Baby, which […]
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Socially conscious internet denizens say that they have the power to mete out justice to erring public figures. They say they can irrevocably deplete the social currency of these transgressors, so much so that they would be reduced to pariahs, outcasts, castaways. Cancellation is the term. To cancel is to render someone an outsider to […]
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In the 2024 Nigerian romantic comedy-drama Christmas in Lagos, veteran actor Shaffy Bello plays Gbemi, a 59-year-old woman, and Wale Ojo plays her longtime boyfriend, Toye Prince. Gbemi finds herself at a crossroads, torn between her enduring relationship with Toye and the reappearance of her high school sweetheart, Chief Dozie, portrayed by Richard Mofe-Damijo. Gbemi, […]
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In a world of quick romances, Adekunle Gold and Simi remind us that true love is worth the work.
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Ibrahim Suleiman and Linda Ejiofor are two celebrated figures in the Nigerian entertainment industry, known not only for their talents but also for their inspiring love story. Their love story began on the set of Tinsel, a popular Nigerian television series. Linda had been a long-standing cast member, while Ibrahim joined the show later. Their […]
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Life has a funny way of bringing people together. For two years, Taye would smile at his phone, reading Toni Tone’s posts. Then one day in 2020, he looked at her page again and his heart skipped. Right when Taye was falling for Toni’s content, she spotted him too. A viral post of his caught […]
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