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
Prior to 2016, it had taken Lagos 20 years to establish a team to represent the state in the Nigeria Professional Football League, and Eko Akete, a city noted for its quick ability to show up and show out, had yet to live up to its reputation on the football field. Until Mountain of Fire […]
2 years ago
On the 28th of July, Adekunle Gold released his fifth studio album titled, Tequila Ever After. The long anticipated album shows a different side to the versatile artist. Today, about three weeks after it’s release, we asked the team at Culture Custodian for their thoughts and opinions, in this in-house commentary on the album. […]
2 years ago
Adekunle Kosoko has been through a few eras in his eight year music career. Each has been accompanied by its own nickname, so that Adekunle Gold the Ankara-sporting, folksy, Yoruba singer was replaced by AG Baby, the popstar decked in leather, and sdark shades. Now he has become Tio Tequila, or uncle Tequila, a change […]
2 years ago
Ify is that most ineffectual thing: a mobster with a conscience. He robs and maims, but also genuinely feels pity for his victims. As he would learn, a sensitive spirit is a handicap when you are a gangster in Isale Eko. A character in Jade Osiberu’s Gangs of Lagos, Ify is played by Nigerian singer […]
2 years ago
Netflix recently unveiled a lineup of Nigerian shows coming to the streaming platform, amongst them are spin-off series to critically acclaimed films: Aníkúlápó and Òlòtūré. Given that both movies’ endings felt like the perfect conclusion to their stories, their return to our screens is unexpected, and so far has sparked mixed reactions in many fans. […]
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
Children’s movies generally fall under two categories. Those only children of a certain age can enjoy, usually because the movies are irredeemably silly; and those both children and adults can find pleasurable, usually because they combine child-like simplicity with mature reality. Movies in the second class range from Toy Story, to Kung Fu Panda, to […]
2 years ago
Celebrities are akin to gods in certain parts of the world. They are placed on pedestals and held to different standards merely because of the amount of money they make and their level of fame. Alongside being put on a pedestal comes the feeling of entitlement fans have towards their lives; who they are in […]
2 years ago
