Faridah Folawiyo’s Year of Yes
A recurring theme in Folawiyo’s discussion of her work is accessibility, not as a marketing term but as something closer to a personal correction.
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Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent
A recurring theme in Folawiyo’s discussion of her work is accessibility, not as a marketing term but as something closer to a personal correction.
1 week ago
In the spirit of culture curation, Culture Custodian has put together a list of the best songs of 2026, so far.
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Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
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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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The Guinness World Records has officially announced Hilda Baci, alongside fast-moving consumer goods brand Gino, as the holders of the new record of the largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice. Last Friday, Baci, who in 2023 claimed the record for the world’s longest cooking marathon—93 hours and 11 minutes—attempted to set this new record. By […]
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When she left a banking job in 2008 to enter the creative sector, she quickly discovered that her presence in the industry would be overshadowed by her husband’s long-standing reputation. Despite her work as a producer and strategist, she was often introduced simply as “his wife.” Fashugba didn’t like that. That constant erasure made one […]
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The black colonisation of Africa sets the stage for the re-presentation of some of the conditions that fuel the racial tensions experienced abroad. Politics, inclusion, and the politics of inclusion
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Like many who anticipated Joker: Folie à Deux, I was intrigued by the concept behind its title, which is French for “madness of two”. Folie à Deux refers to a rare mental disorder where delusions are “transmitted” from one individual to another. Another definition is “the presence of the same or similar delusional ideas in […]
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We have accepted a recurring myth: the belief that art is for everyone. We often romanticize the aesthetics of art and what it means for the people, but slowly, we forget the exclusivity of gallery spaces, the rising cost of artistic visibility, and the gated participation and access tied to the art market rather than […]
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Zamo Mkhwanazihttps directorial debut, Laundry, is inspired by a personal story. In 1954, her maternal grandfather’s laundry business was unlawfully shot down by the apartheid government. It was about six years into the South African apartheid regime and this institutional disinheritance made her maternal grandfather lose his livelihood. This experience provides the autobiographical lens for […]
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OLANREWAJU, the debut album of US-based Nigerian Afro-fusion artist AQT, is a reflection of his growth, resilience, and creativity in today’s saturated music industry. The 11-track project, which was released on September 5, takes its name from his middle name, which means “wealth progresses.” As his first full body of work, it charts a journey […]
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In its second season, the South African drama series Shaka iLembe adopts a bolder and more defined direction as it delves into the life and legacy of one of the Zulu Kingdom’s most formidable monarchs, Shaka kaSenzangakhona, widely known as Shaka the Zulu or Sigidi. Rising to prominence in the 19th century, Shaka distinguished himself […]
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