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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

Has TikTok Ruined our Relationship with Music?

In 2016, TikTok made its debut, but it was until 2020 that the app truly earned its place in Silicon Valley. Cut off from the outside world, we were forced to soothe our boredom another way. Our phones became our opioids and TikTok benefitted the most. The pandemic was truly the platform’s propeller. But it […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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2 years ago

Has TikTok Ruined our Relationship with Music?

The Modern Female Protagonist In Nollywood

Nollywood, one of the cultural exports of Nigeria, perennially mirrors the country’s social, economic, religious and political realities. Amongst these representations is the portrayal and regurgitation of age-old beliefs, such as patriarchy and the practice of magic and witchcraft. These are particularly conspicuous in early Nollywood adventure, crime thriller and money ritual films, such as […]

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2 years ago

The Modern Female Protagonist In Nollywood

‘God’s Children are Little Broken Things’ is the Ideal Companion for Any Day

God’s Children are Little Broken Things, published in 2022, is Arinze Ifeakandu’s debut collection of short stories. It follows the lives of queer Nigerians and explores how culture, sexuality and identity intersect present day Nigeria.  The stories in this collection feel very intimate, almost like the reader is peeking into the writer’s  journal and getting […]

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2 years ago

‘God’s Children are Little Broken Things’ is the Ideal Companion for Any Day

What “Lost and Found” Tells Us About Simi

Lost And Found, Simi’s sixth studio album, sees the songstress showcase a set of qualities that are all too familiar to all who have listened to her since 2014 when she first announced herself in Nigerian Pop. Those qualities include a captivating voice, a talent for crafting memorable melodies, and an ability to infuse emotional […]

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2 years ago

What “Lost and Found” Tells Us About Simi

Nigerian Lives: 6 Nigerians on Coming Out To Their Parents

Coming out can be a nerve-wracking and emotional experience, especially in a country like Nigeria where it’s against the law to just exist as a queer person. Instead of risking fourteen long years in prison, many queer people tell themselves that they will come out of the closet when they’re older and no longer under […]

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2 years ago

Nigerian Lives: 6 Nigerians on Coming Out To Their Parents

Victony Enters His Defiant Era With “Stubborn”

Stubborn isn’t exactly the first word that would come up in an attempt to describe Victony. Since ascending to mainstream Afropop consciousness, Victony—with his crystalline voice and stirring sepia ballads—has always cut the image of the reserved superstar. Unlike many of his peers who actively court the public’s attention through antics,  he’s never in the […]

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2 years ago

Victony Enters His Defiant Era With “Stubborn”
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