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
Before the era of streaming services, cinemas were the go-to for movie releases and a popular source of entertainment for many Nigerians. If you grew up in Nigeria in the early 2000s, you’d understand that going to the cinema was a huge highlight, guaranteed to be an exciting experience with the huge screens, aroma of […]
2 years ago
The internet has rooted itself as one of the core facets of our lives, whether we like it or not. The ease and access it brings has rewired our experiences, exposing us to the extremes of good and terrible moments all whilst being behind a screen. It has also somewhat expanded our communities from a […]
2 years ago
Perhaps, like me, you can recall your earliest introduction to South African movies and shows. Transient as my memory is, I can remember passionately watching How to Ruin Christmas and getting gradually entombed in the well-curated comic world of the show. After How to Ruin Christmas, in a noble attempt to follow my obsession with […]
2 years ago
Since originating from Jamaica in the 1970s, dancehall found its way in trickles to various parts of the world. Typically receptive of sounds beyond its shores, the Nigerian soundscape likewise accepted into its fold this new sound from the Caribbeans. By the late ’90s, many popular Nigerian songs flaunted one dancehall element or the other, […]
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
Lagbaja is a term for “somebody” or “anonymous” in the Yoruba language. More than being the stage name for Bisade Ologunde, it is an entire identity, such that Ologunde refers to his masked alter ego in the third person. Nameless and faceless, he represents the ordinary man. Beyond philosophical messages and Lagbaja’s disinclination to stardom, […]
2 years ago
Nigerians sometimes resist the obvious truth of certain situations, often by distorting the actual story or directing their anger towards inconsequential parts of it. While some view this behavior as critical analysis, it ultimately becomes unproductive, disregards the main issue and leads to unnecessary and false narratives. During important conversations, it can be fascinating to […]
2 years ago
Afrobeats has a popular definition as music that is a potpourri of indigenous genres from West Africa, like Highlife and Fuji and sounds from across the continent, like Hip-hop and Pop. This definition is deliberately kept as loose as possible, seeing as no one can account for what new direction our creatives will take in […]
2 years ago
