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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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3 weeks ago

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

The Nigerian Highest-Grossing Titles: Who Cares About the Times?

In her famous 1969 interview, American composer and Jazz artist Nina Simone famously said that an artist’s duty is to reflect the times. Art, in its truest form, must translate society’s struggles and realities for the citizens not in a God-esque, omniscient manner and language but in a questioning, reflective, and meditative tone and framing. […]

Seyi Lasisi

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3 months ago

The Nigerian Highest-Grossing Titles: Who Cares About the Times?

Revisiting the Showmax Nigeria Originals Era

Showmax launched in South Africa on 19 August 2015 as one of the continent’s early serious attempts to build a streaming platform tailored for African audiences with the ambition to compete globally.  After its rollout across multiple African markets in 2016, Nigeria—arguably one of the continent’s most influential media economies by scale, output and cultural […]

Seyi Lasisi

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3 months ago

Revisiting the Showmax Nigeria Originals Era

As Told By Ada: I Waited 24 Years For My Life To Begin

As Told By Ada is a Culture Custodian weekly series exploring the unique and often chaotic experience of navigating life as the oldest daughter in a Nigerian household. Over the course of these mini therapy sessions, we give you a peek into the ups, downs and lingering effects of growing up “the first.”   I […]

Naomi Ezenwa

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3 months ago

As Told By Ada: I Waited 24 Years For My Life To Begin

So Far, So Poor: FIFA’s Troubled 2026 World Cup

Unlike previous editions of the World Cup in recent years, this year’s has been perceptibly different. Other than the intense jostling for the ball and the neck-and-neck battle quest to outscore one’s opponent that headlines games during the World Cup, the tournament, in recent memories, used to represent a thorough rehearsal of global unity. In […]

Favour Bamijoko

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3 months ago

So Far, So Poor: FIFA’s Troubled 2026 World Cup
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