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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

A Night for the Culture: Fuji Vibrations 2025 Delivers Heritage, Community, and Unmatched Energy

“Fuji: A Opera” marked a major milestone this year as Fuji Vibrations 2025 delivered its most expansive edition yet, transforming Muri Okunola Park into a vibrant, full-capacity celebration of heritage, community, and the enduring power of Fuji music. Held on December 4, the fifth-anniversary edition drew an impressive 8,421 attendees, reaffirming the event’s reputation as […]

Naomi Ezenwa

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9 months ago

A Night for the Culture: Fuji Vibrations 2025 Delivers Heritage, Community, and Unmatched Energy

Marie-Hélène Roux’s “Muganga, The One Who Treats”: An Emotional Biopic On Congolese Humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Denis Mukwege 

In Swahili, “muganga” refers to a healer, preferably a medical doctor, in this case, Dr Denis Mukwege, a humanitarian and medical practitioner who founded Panzi Hospital where he committed to the treatment of female victims of sexual violence during the armed conflicts of the 1990s in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The biographical drama, Muganga, […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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9 months ago

Marie-Hélène Roux’s “Muganga, The One Who Treats”: An Emotional Biopic On Congolese Humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Denis Mukwege 

Fatimah Gimsay is Interested in Telling Colorful Everyday Stories

If anyone has truly lived in Nigerian television’s engine room, it is Fatimah Binta Gimsay. She has moved through nearly every layer of the industry: from her early days of carrying out production tasks behind the scenes to becoming one of the more distinctive voices today. She started out as a writer’s assistant, learning the […]

Shalom Tewobola

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9 months ago

Fatimah Gimsay is Interested in Telling Colorful Everyday Stories

S16 Film Festival 2025: Celestina Aleobua and Sochima Nwakaeze’s “Second Wind” Confronts Sexual Assault and Trauma 

Violence against women constitutes an underreported and underaddressed global phenomenon, with the World Health Organization (WHO) saying that nearly one in three women have experienced intimate partner violence or sexual violence of any kind in their lifetime. These victims are likely to face trauma that could last a lifetime, often struggling to overcome the psychological […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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9 months ago

S16 Film Festival 2025: Celestina Aleobua and Sochima Nwakaeze’s “Second Wind” Confronts Sexual Assault and Trauma 
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