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A Conversation on Queen & Slim with Daniel Kaluuya and Melina Matsoukas

February 21, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

An Interview with the star and director on their latest work, Black Excellence and Afrobeats.

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Fly Like Paper, Get High Like Planes: An Interview with Martyn Chika

February 21, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Some three years ago, Martyn Chika was in a hotel, going over his thoughts, and about to send a message that would change his life, forever: he was about to

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‘Dear Affy’: A Futile Desperation for Laughter

February 20, 2020 by Daniel Okechukwu

Dear Affy Review A Futile Desperation for Laughs

Does a Nollywood romantic comedy have to be silly to be funny? It is a question many have asked one too many times. When people complain about Nollywood’s comedy obsession,

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Using The Services Of Immigration Solicitors

February 17, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Immigration solicitors don’t focus only on the big fights and legally based appeals; they can give advice, assess the strength of individual cases and can even walk you through the

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The cultural iconoclasm of Lady Donli

February 17, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Toronto, Get Ready, Lady Donli Is In Town This Weekend

There is a pivotal, but easy to miss, moment at the beginning of the Nollywood-themed video-film for Lady Donli’s Corner when the scope of her understanding of the sociological importance

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Financial Responsibility: Preparing Your Teens to Make the Best Financial Decision

February 17, 2020 by Culture Custodian

Growing up, I never fully understood the concept of financial responsibility or how my parents managed their finances. I had no appreciation for the naira note nor how to be

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Paving the Way: Measuring the Impact of Our Biggest Stars

February 14, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Burna Boy has made it a habit to trigger his home audience by making supposedly outlandish statements that serve as commentary fodder. He did it famously last year with the

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Nigeria’s Adopted Musical Son: The Benji Flow Story

February 12, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Jamaican roots, Edmonton based but adopted and influenced by Nigeria too.

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Enter Burna’s Kingdom With Culture Custodian’s ‘GBURNA’ Playlist

February 3, 2020 by Tomi Idowu

The Best Burna Features from 2019

Feature Film & TV

The Rise of The Nollywood Non-Comedy Blockbuster

January 31, 2020 by Daniel Okechukwu

the rise of non-comedy blockbuster in Nollywood

Occasionally, Nigerians vent about Nollywood’s colorful but shallow comedies centered around upper-class Lagosians. I’m tired of them. You most likely are. Even Mo Abudu, the mind behind the most successful

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Are we owed a Grammy category?

January 30, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Wale Oloworekende reflects on Naomi Campbell’s suggestions to the Recording Academy for an Afrobeat category and the structures the Nigerian music industry needs to build.

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The Business of Music With P Priime

January 29, 2020 by Ugochukwu Ikeakor

Peace Emmanuel Oredope is 17-year-old but professionally he is known as P Priime. He finished secondary school in 2016 at the age of 14. His dad was the leader of

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Kevoy Burton on His Career, Joseph and Breaking into Nollywood

January 28, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Growing up in Jamaica, what was your conception of Africa? My perception of Africa was mostly what was portrayed by the media, which was suffering, jungles—animals everywhere—poverty and I mean

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