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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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2 months ago

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

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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11 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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11 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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11 months ago

In Conversation With Yemi Alade On Her Trailblazing Career

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Ella Chikezie’s “In Her Shoes” Is A Short Course on Autism and Struggles of the African Girl Child 

Storytelling in modern African cinema often requires digging deep into sensitive human conditions and lending voices to underrepresented groups. Doing so, the cinema becomes more of an instrument for conscientization and social campaign than entertainment. A few notable examples of this are Tunde Kelani’s Dazzling Mirage (Nigeria) which draws attention to sickle-cell anaemia; Reabetswe Rangaka’s […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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11 months ago

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Ella Chikezie’s “In Her Shoes” Is A Short Course on Autism and Struggles of the African Girl Child 

AFRIFF 2025: Joshua Neubert and Victor Muhagachi’s “Majini” Shoulders The Weight of Masculinity and Tradition

Majini, directed by German filmmaker Joshua Neubert and Tanzanian filmmaker Victor Muhagachi, tells the story of Fari, an aquaphobic boy whose ailing father sends him to sea with his older brother, Danford. As the boy confronts his fears and doubts, he is forced to embrace the reality of his unofficial initiation into adulthood and emerging […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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11 months ago

AFRIFF 2025: Joshua Neubert and Victor Muhagachi’s “Majini” Shoulders The Weight of Masculinity and Tradition

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Chukwu Martin’s “Tell It No More” Resists The Imbalance In Traditional Marital Expectations 

Tell It No More, written by Temilolu Fosudo and directed by Chukwu Martin, wastes no time in declaring its intentions. From the opening scene, Darasimi (Martha Ehinome), on her wedding day, succumbs to her mother’s stream of advice on how to be a “proper” wife. The older Yoruba woman insists that patience and submission are […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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11 months ago

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Chukwu Martin’s “Tell It No More” Resists The Imbalance In Traditional Marital Expectations 
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