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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

Demilade Akingbe Needs A TikTok Support Group

Over the last couple of years, Demilade Akingbe has created content around food and culture, which captures the soul of Lagos. This has helped her make the transition into a full-time content creator whose impact has steadily compounded. This forms the backdrop of her feature on Obasanjo’s Internet. Who are you? What do you do?  […]

Oluwamayowa Idowu

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5 months ago

Demilade Akingbe Needs A TikTok Support Group

Why are Africans Not Watching African Cinema?

Six decades later, African cinema is still in its infancy when it comes to distribution and industry structures. Pioneering African filmmakers, including Ousmane Sembène, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Ola Balogun, Thérèse Bella Mbida, Safi Faye, and others, despite the financial and structural challenges they faced, started making artistically ambitious and politically conscious narratives that will be […]

Seyi Lasisi

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6 months ago

Why are Africans Not Watching African Cinema?

The Rising Violence Against Opposition and the Growing Threat to Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections

The build-up to the 1964 general election and the election itself were some of the infamous moments in Nigeria’s political history. As the election loomed, the mating dance between the major parties engendered new alliances. Disagreements between the Northern People’s Congress (NPC)  and the National Convention of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC), especially over the 1962/1963 census, […]

Favour Bamijoko

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6 months ago

The Rising Violence Against Opposition and the Growing Threat to Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections

2027 Elections: Nigeria is at a Difficult Crossroads

As the 2027 elections approach, it is shaping up to be a referendum on this administration’s performance. The central question is no longer just about reform, but about lived experience. Has the pain brought any meaningful gain, and is there a credible alternative path that could have produced better outcomes?

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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6 months ago

2027 Elections: Nigeria is at a Difficult Crossroads

Tabi Thinks Twitter is The Best Worst Social Media Platform

Tabi is a pop culture critic, humorist, and writer for her Substack newsletter Party’s Over, where she crafts prose, essays, and short stories probing the cognitive dissonance between natural instinct and social conditioning. In this version of Obasanjo’s Internet, she reflects on her day to day Internet habits and the evolution of her relationship with […]

Oluwamayowa Idowu

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6 months ago

Tabi Thinks Twitter is The Best Worst Social Media Platform
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