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Lockdown Care Package: The Reading List

April 10, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

What a time to be alive! As we come to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it’s making on the world as we know it, there’s cause for

Feature Music

So, Let’s Talk About Poe

April 9, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Ladipoe is observing the trajectory of the sun carefully. He takes some photos half-heartedly but belatedly motions to a position on the balcony where he thinks the sun could align

Feature Music

Lockdown Care Package: Two Music Writers Talk About First Quarter Music

April 9, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

A conversation reviewing music in the first quarter of the year and the lockdown.

Feature Music

#CoronaDiaries: An Up-and-Coming Musician talks about life during the COVID-19 Lockdown

April 7, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Navigating Coronavirus

Feature Film & TV

#CoronaDiaries: The Film Producer With the Shuttered Film

April 7, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Only a month ago, life in Lagos was the usual mix of chaotic rowdiness and nonchalant revelry that characterizes the city. People went about their business as routinely as possible

Feature Music

The Righteous Profanity of Brymo

April 1, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

by Michael Kolawole It’s effective to think of Brymo’s music in each of these ways: as affirmations of deep-rooted personal ideology, enigmatic and beautiful lyrical poetry, equations of balanced ribaldry

Feature Music

Sarz vs Shizzi: Nostalgia Forever

April 1, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

The Producer Soundclash highlights the role of nostalgia in these perilous times.

Feature Technology

NIGERIA’S COMMUNITY OF CONTENT CREATORS SHARE HEALTH & SAFETY TIPS AS COVID-19 CONCERNS GROW

March 27, 2020 by Stephanie Oyinki

24 March 2020: Amidst rising global concerns around coronavirus (COVID-19), we are seeing more and more Nigerians battening down the hatches to implement social-distancing in an effort to stop the

Feature Music

Nigerian Popstars Need To Leave Obesere Alone

March 24, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

The most peeving thing about Nigerian – world, more likely – popular culture is that whatsoever hits widespread imagination, will, ultimately die. The fleeting nature of that rush is a

Feature News & Politics

How Congress Spends Your Money

March 24, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Have you ever wondered how congress is really spending your money? This is something that a lot of people have thought about! When they pay their taxes, what are they

Feature News & Politics

Measuring Crowns for New Nigeria

March 13, 2020 by Culture Custodian

by Afolabi Adekaiyaoja We live in a time where the tight bonds of society and tradition are being loosened, and in many cases replaced on a daily basis. From gender

Feature Film & TV

Netflix in Naija: The Streaming Wars Are Here And We Could All Be Winning

March 12, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

An analysis of Netflix’s entry into the Nigerian market and what it could mean for consumers and creators.

Feature Music

Long Live The Contrarians, We Will Never Forget Them

March 6, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Starting an article in 2019, I wrote: “Where is the rebel music of the day? What Nigerian music/musician wants to make you pull out your hair in a fit of

Feature

5 Truths That Adulthood Teaches Us

March 5, 2020 by Assumpta Audu

Mental and physical health are some of the most important aspects of life Looking after your mental and physical health enables you to live life and enjoy it to the

Feature Film & TV

On Awards, Nollywood and Our Heritage of Storytelling

February 25, 2020 by Culture Custodian

Nollywood is playing a part in Nigeria’s development – and a good award culture can help it along