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Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

In Starrgirl, Ayra Starr does not ask you to reconsider Ayra Starr. She assumes you already know who she is and expects you to keep up. The title alone sends listeners a message before they press play. Her first two records were titled around age — 19 & Dangerous introduced a fearless, fast-talking teenager; The […]

Anjola Akinmade

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4 days ago

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

The Universe of Nollywood Child Actors

Acting is a profession that comes with physical and mental demands, which include studying and interpreting the writer’s script, memorizing lines, attending auditions, and showing up for rehearsals and performances where and when necessary. In film, there are additional expectations for the actor, which may include getting involved in promotional content, honoring media interviews and […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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1 year ago

The Universe of Nollywood Child Actors

“Goodbye, Gold Coast”: Joewackle J. Kusi’s Audio Drama Interrogates Ghana’s History

When I listened to Joewackle J. Kusi’s audio drama, Goodbye Gold Coast, for the second time, I started to interrogate Nigeria’s history and political climate. Did this interrogation start when my secondary school government teacher passionately taught? Did that conscious conversation start when I chanced upon Chimanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus? Or was it earlier, […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

“Goodbye, Gold Coast”: Joewackle J. Kusi’s Audio Drama Interrogates Ghana’s History

Should Surrogacy Be Reduced to Moral Absolutes?

A young woman agrees to be a surrogate for the wealthy woman she works for. She has the time, needs the money, and sees no reason to refuse. But when the child is born, something shifts, an attachment she hadn’t anticipated. In the end, she flees the hospital and chooses to raise the baby herself. […]

Shalom Tewobola

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1 year ago

Should Surrogacy Be Reduced to Moral Absolutes?

How #Corruptok is Using Humor To Spotlight Tinubu’s Ineptitude

Ever since Raye broke the internet two weeks ago with her affecting critique of President Tinubu’s administration, Nigerians have increasingly taken to lamenting the record levels of hardship that President Tinubu’s administration has heralded. While, in a sense, this torrent of public furor reflects the terrible state of the country, it also at once suggests […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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1 year ago

How #Corruptok is Using Humor To Spotlight Tinubu’s Ineptitude

“Baby Farm” Review—EbonyLife’s Diagnosis of Deep-lying Social Diseases Is A Hospitable Cinematic Agenda 

Stories about the underworld, narratives that reveal the intricacies of organized crime, have often made it to the Nollywood corpus. The underworld in such stories is connected with powerful individuals and groups, some belonging to the political class, enabled by state authorities. We have examples of these stories in classics like Glamour Girls and more […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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1 year ago

“Baby Farm” Review—EbonyLife’s Diagnosis of Deep-lying Social Diseases Is A Hospitable Cinematic Agenda 

Funke Akindele’s “Finding Me” Is A Discordant Symphony of Talents

The promotional poster for Finding Me proudly proclaims it comes “from the producers of the 3 biggest Nollywood blockbusters.” The film is produced by FAAN (Funke Ayotunde Akindele Network) and directed by Funke Akindele, with Isioma Osaje as co-director. Undeniably, Akindele is one of Nollywood’s most accomplished filmmakers and the three films the poster likely […]

Shalom Tewobola

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1 year ago

Funke Akindele’s “Finding Me” Is A Discordant Symphony of Talents
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