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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 Work And The Person: Should We Separate An Artist From Their Craft?

As the world continues to evolve and become more dependent on popular centralised entertainment, the issues of accountability and transparency become increasingly important. More specifically, in the Nigerian entertainment industry, there’s been an unsettling trend towards entertainment industry public figures expressing troubling behaviour and making controversial comments. Nigeria is going through an intense political upheaval […]

Wisdom Mudasiru

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3 years ago

“A Tribe Called Judah”: Same Jokes, Only Funnier

Can a crime be justified if it is done to save a loved one’s life, especially when the victim is a bonafide ass-wipe? What happens when a poor, dysfunctional family is compelled to grapple with a terminal, expensive illness? Would it be a rallying force, or a catalyst for their disintegration? These posers undergird A […]

Michael Aromolaran

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3 years ago

“A Tribe Called Judah”: Same Jokes, Only Funnier

Obasanjo’s Internet – Sharon Ntan

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 […]

Damilola Oyeleke

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3 years ago

Obasanjo’s Internet – Sharon Ntan

Ranking: The Ten Hardest Cyphers In Nigerian Rap

Cyphers have come to form an integral part of Nigeria’s rap industry. They originated as part of early American Hip-hop culture, where rappers would get together in a circle and freestyle to a single beat, with many of these lines often directed derogatorily at one another in battle-rap style. These little bouts of rap, combative […]

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3 years ago

Ranking: The Ten Hardest Cyphers In Nigerian Rap

Obasanjo’s Internet – Fifographer

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 […]

Damilola Oyeleke

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3 years ago

Obasanjo’s Internet – Fifographer

Interview: Akuchi Wants to Bridge Sonic Cultures

Akuchi’s No Games advocates for persevering in spite of opposition. It is produced by Oladimeji Obiremi, who sets it to a somber Trap beat, one Akuchi matches with rap verses, his tone alternating between defiance and bluster.   Akuchi’s aesthetic rails against convention, with his American-style delivery, a counterintuitive choice at a time when both Nigerian […]

Michael Aromolaran

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3 years ago

Interview: Akuchi Wants to Bridge Sonic Cultures

Interview: Babby and Nwafrika Preach a Gospel of Happiness

“Shayo no dey Heaven, so allow me make I chop life,” goes a line in Kowa, encapsulating the song’s hedonism. This call to pleasure and play is set to an equally playful beat bearing the markings of Nigerian street pop. The song even bears the genre’s linguistic character, its lyrics partially delivered in Yoruba. The […]

Michael Aromolaran

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3 years ago

Interview: Babby and Nwafrika Preach a Gospel of Happiness
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