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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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1 month ago

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

How Music is Shaping Nigerian Fashion in 2024

This year in Nigerian music has been defined by momentous shifts and abrupt adjustments to the vagaries of global and local headwinds, such as the jousting between labels and social media leviathan TikTok, and the apparent expiration of Amapiano. The scene is changing. Music’s influence on the fashion of 2024, in Nigeria, has however been harder to pin down.

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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2 years ago

How Music is Shaping Nigerian Fashion in 2024

Celeste Ojatula Wants to Create Transcendental Music 

Transcendental: adj. Relating to a spiritual realm, beyond ordinary or common experience. As the youngest child in her family, Celeste was immersed in a diverse musical landscape from an early age. The mix of her family’s music taste instilled in her an innate desire to create music that defied convention, forging an entirely new sonic […]

Shalom Tewobola

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2 years ago

Celeste Ojatula Wants to Create Transcendental Music 

6 Books That Explore the Nigerian Diaspora Experiences 

The Nigerian dream has long evolved into a paradox; yearning for the country’s brighter future while seeking it beyond the nation’s borders. As economic challenges persist, many Nigerians contemplate life abroad, and with good reason. Yet, the complexities of immigrant life often hide under the allure of foreign shores.  For those considering this journey, literature […]

Shalom Tewobola

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2 years ago

6 Books That Explore the Nigerian Diaspora Experiences 

The Delicate Art of Sound Design in “Lisabi: The Uprising”

Lisabi: The Uprising opens with celebratory drums. A white man exuding an air of colonial superiority saunters into the palace astride a majestic horse as a bloodied Olodan, portrayed by Femi Adebayo—is violently thrust through the palace doors. The great Alaafin of Oyo, brought to life by Odunlade Adekola, bathes majestically in a large bathroom. […]

Shalom Tewobola

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2 years ago

The Delicate Art of Sound Design in “Lisabi: The Uprising”

Revisiting History: Hijack ‘93 Cast Discuss the Film’s Reflection of Nigeria’s Collective Consciousness

Thirty-one years to the day, on October 25th, Netflix is set to release the cinematic adaptation of one of Nigeria’s most prolific aviation stories. The Robert Peters-directed film, Hijack ‘93 dramatizes the infamous hijack of an Abuja-bound Nigeria Airways flight, by four teenagers. The historical fiction welcomes a balanced mix of new talents  – Allison […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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2 years ago

Revisiting History: Hijack ‘93 Cast Discuss the Film’s Reflection of Nigeria’s Collective Consciousness

A Decade Of Dancing With Niniola

For her latest album, Niniola wants you to just Press Play. “The intent was to make sure that people don’t skip. The moment you press play, literally, you’re enjoying the music, you transcend to another realm and forget about your sorrows. There’s too much happening outside,” she says. To help you forget the nightmare that […]

Patrick Ezema

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2 years ago

A Decade Of Dancing With Niniola

How Fresco Gallery is Making Art Accessible In Nigeria 

All three of Ben Enwonwu’s paintings of Ile-Ife’s Princess, Adetutu Ademiluyi, painted in the 1970s were considered lost for decades. In 2018, one of the paintings, Tutu, was discovered in a modest flat in North London, owned by a family whose father is believed to have acquired the painting on business in Nigeria. The regal […]

Damilola Oyeleke

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2 years ago

How Fresco Gallery is Making Art Accessible In Nigeria 
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