What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?
Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
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Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent
Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
3 weeks ago
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 […]
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My Father’s Shadow dual-citizenship tension isn’t an isolated conversation in African cinema. From the early 2000’s to date, there have been a select number of African titles with similar tension.
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Aanu Adeoye is a journalist at a major newspaper and author working on his debut nonfiction book about Africa’s emerging geopolitics. Here, he takes us through his use of the internet as both a tool for work and a distraction to be avoided. Who are you? What do you do? Who am I? What a […]
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Freedom of choice is the ability to make decisions without being forced or unduly pressured by others.
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Son of The Soil, an action thriller film set in Nigeria, had an eventful premiere at the 10th edition of Black Star International Film Festival (BSIFF 2025) late September, where it won three awards: Best Film, Best International Showcase, and Best Director. Directed by British-Chinese filmmaker Chee Keong Cheung and co-produced with Andreas Roald (Sovereign […]
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Lojay looks at once excited and embarrassed playing the role of wingman. Draped against deep red curtains that seem even more luxuriant against the warm glow of an ornate orange lamp, he slouches comfortably in his seat, gesticulating elaborately as he treats us to his pedagogy on wooing women. “Ladies and gentleman,” he starts, “I’ve […]
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It’s impressive how Adekunle Gold keeps evolving and switching sounds to fit the zeitgeist. His debut, Gold, blends urban Highlife and Juju, with batiks and earthy tones matching its cultural outlook. His sophomore, About 30, is a soulful, introspective record that deepens his storytelling and vocal range. His third (Afro Pop Vol. 1), fourth (Catch […]
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“I started off in sales and marketing for an e-commerce firm. I was supposed to play it safe. Stable job, good life. But I wanted more, so I quit my job and changed my story.” When Timini Egbuson says this in Martell’s Swift Diaries, his tone is calm, almost casual — but the weight of […]
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Yomi E. Adejumo’s Thicker Than Water is an all-too familiar story. The audience recognizes the bond between Ese (Ada Obi), a journalist and Onome (Bimbo Ademoye), her older sister who has passed away in unclear circumstances. The sisters were super-glue close until Onome left home for personal reasons. A journalist, Ese reluctantly investigates Onome’s death […]
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Godwin’s debut album Atonement is full, almost orchestral in its composition, its lyricism and the buffet of sound. It feels like a play, a story told in distinct acts – a theatre of love, conflict, and release. Produced entirely by Berlin trio KitschKrieg, it is a lush and deliberate debut, filled with choral echoes, layered […]
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A dive into the world of The Fisherman reveals comedy at its base. The film carries a social weight and fascinating politics of contrasts, but also possesses a playful, buoyant energy that lightens its thematic gravity. There is a constant clash between primitivism and progressivism, which produces early friction and misunderstanding between the older and […]
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The future of live performance isn’t unfolding on a giant festival stage. It’s happening in a dark room somewhere in London, where Nigerian creative technologist and artist Ugochukwu David Ogbuehi, better known as UDO, is quietly reimagining what a concert can be. His latest installation, Fear & Faith II, is bigger than a show in […]
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