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
It isn’t uncommon for two or three major artists to have music releases coincide on the same day, especially on Fridays, which has become the de facto choice for debuting music, but Friday the 13th of May, 2022 was special. Two of the putative ‘Big 3’, Davido and Burna Boy, were set to release new […]
2 years ago
In the art of storytelling, visuals act like pillars upon which narratives are woven. Indeed, for the majority of people, the adage seeing is believing holds true, as what one cannot perceive, one often finds difficult to comprehend. Hence, the appeal of a story’s visuals goes beyond aesthetics and into its ability to capture, enhance, […]
2 years ago
The 16th edition of the Headies, Nigeria’s foremost music award show held in Atlanta, Georgia on the 3rd of September 2023 marking the show’s second year in the US. As you can expect with any award show, there’s a lot to talk about but some themes stand out more than others. Rema is Afrobeats’ next […]
2 years ago
Burna Boy’s seventh studio album, his ‘Big 7’, appears directed at the Nigerian audience, supposedly a tiny subsection has doubted his talent and world conquering credibility at every step, that he has now magnified and taken to represent the entire Nigerian populace. But then again, it really isn’t. It is evident in his use of […]
2 years ago
In a world where rhythm and movement intersect to tell stories, Regina Eigbe has emerged as a formidable force, reshaping the landscape of dance and choreography.
2 years 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 […]
2 years ago
The role of every story teller is simply to tell stories the way they are, barring any biases or perceptions on whether they are “big” or “small”. In doing this, there will be a limitless amount of experiences reflected in literature that cover every form of the human experience. For Olumide Makanjuola, the human experience […]
2 years ago
Lifesize Teddy appears on screen seated in the passenger’s seat of a car. She is just returning from the airport after her first performance as a Mavin star in Port Harcourt, her home city. The date is 12th August, only three days after her unveiling, and she is having, as expected, one of the busiest […]
2 years ago
