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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 days ago

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

In Nigeria, Shame is the Substance of Things Hoped For

What shall it profit a people to lack shame?  What does it really profit a nation of over 180 million people to consistently platform and promote individuals with an addiction to humiliation? There comes a time when one must sit back, rest their hands on their head, exhale, and declare that it all doesn’t make […]

John Eriomala

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3 months ago

In Nigeria, Shame is the Substance of Things Hoped For

A Guide To Nigerian Third Spaces: 10 Spots To Look Out For

There is something refreshing about finding a place where you can unwind, linger without rushing, and relax, not in the wild gyration style of a club, or the hushed engrossing way of a cinema. Spaces where you can read a book, paint pottery, join a conversation, watch a film, or meet new people are necessary […]

Oluwanifemi Olawole

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1 week ago

A Guide To Nigerian Third Spaces: 10 Spots To Look Out For

Is Tyla’s “A*POP” A Case of False Advertising?

A*POP isn’t a disappointing album because it is poorly made, it’s disappointing because it was marketed as a fearless leap into African electronic-pop innovation and mostly settled into safe, radio-friendly pop and R&B with occasional South African accents. The neon rollout, the tracklist reveal, the framing around “the A in pop” all promised something the record only delivers in flashes.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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1 week ago

Is Tyla’s “A*POP” A Case of False Advertising?

The Structure Problem Behind Peter Obi’s Presidential Bid

Obi’s answer, so far, has been serial departure, five parties without pausing long enough at any one of them to leave it stronger than he found it. Charisma got him 6.1 million votes and a historic win in Lagos and the FCT, but it has not  shown any sign of getting him anywhere near the seat of power, the coalition arithmetic that turned Buhari’s fourth attempt into Nigeria’s first opposition victory at the polls is still missing. Until Obi can point to something structural rather than personal, the answer to whether charisma alone can  make him Nigerian president will always be no.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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2 weeks ago

The Structure Problem Behind Peter Obi’s Presidential Bid
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