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Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent

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

Ake 2025: What is Truth?

The International Journalism Handbook describes truth as a “judgment that accurately describes, or corresponds with, the way the world actually is.” From a media and journalistic perspective, “truth” is generally defined as the “best obtainable version of the truth” based on verifiable facts and rigorous reporting standards. Thus, telling the truth, reporting it and distributing […]

Seyi Lasisi

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9 months ago

Ake 2025: What is Truth?

Nigerians Are Detached From Their Own Reality 

Last week, an about-to-be-wed woman shared a vlog from what should have been an untouchable day, her wedding morning. In the footage, her face is luminous, glowing with that specific radiance that belongs only to brides, anticipation mixed with certainty, nerves dissolved in joy. But the internet had other plans. She had committed a grave […]

Shalom Tewobola

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9 months ago

Nigerians Are Detached From Their Own Reality 

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Kolade Mann’s “Ovisa” Laughs At Society Without Minding Its Own Specks 

Ovisa, a satirical drama written by Nwaru Favour Ikechukwu and directed by Korede Mann (Best Director nominee for The FilmJoint Awards 2026) is one of the seven films chosen for The Accelerate Filmmaker Project (AFP) 2024, the others being Loveth Ogbene’s The Boy from the Window, Samuel Ajirebi’s Egbeji, Ashimedua Odiachi’s Mofe, Rotipin Tobiloba’s Purgatory, […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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9 months ago

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Kolade Mann’s “Ovisa” Laughs At Society Without Minding Its Own Specks 

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Myde Glover’s “Irin Ajo (The Journey)” Embodies The Myth of Reincarnation

Yoruba metaphysics categorizes human existence into at least three cyclic stages: the worlds of the unborn, the living and the ancestors or dead. Soyinka, in his book Myth, Literature and the African World, introduces an additional, less explored fourth realm, which he describes as “the dark continuum of transition” and a home for “the ultimate […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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9 months ago

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Myde Glover’s “Irin Ajo (The Journey)” Embodies The Myth of Reincarnation

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Loveth Ogbene’s “The Boy From The Window” Situates Love and Solace In Imperfections

With its premise of two youngsters and neighbours finding ways to love each other and share small, beautiful moments despite their individual sufferings, The Boy From The Window shows considerable merit. The story rouses emotions with its portrayal of teenage innocence, desire, suffering and a quiet sense of hope that offers solace in place of […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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9 months ago

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Loveth Ogbene’s “The Boy From The Window” Situates Love and Solace In Imperfections

In Conversation With Yemi Alade On Her Trailblazing Career

The narrative of not competing with anyone is a well-worn trope in the music industry. Yemi Alade, however, earnestly embodies this epithet. Since vaulting to superstardom in 2014 with Johnny, a single whose propulsive rhythms, cinematic storytelling, and whimsical video left audiences in a daze, Yemi Alade has occupied a singular position in the industry. […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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9 months ago

In Conversation With Yemi Alade On Her Trailblazing Career
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