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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Tiwa Savage has built a longstanding musical career which has sparked conversation, created undeniable impact and redefined the meaning of a pop-star, in the context of African music.
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In the past few weeks, there has been an increase in discourse around the promotion of Nollywood films, with several social media users stressing the need for producers to incorporate higher levels of promotion with the ultimate aim of securing a theatrical or streaming release as opposed to merely being screened at festivals. The sentiment […]
1 year ago
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is again preparing to leave Nigeria, this time for St. Lucia on June 28, for what has been described as a mix of “official engagements” and “personal vacation.” The trip was confirmed by St. Lucia’s Prime Minister, Philip J. Pierre, who stated that only two days (June 30 and July 1) […]
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Braye’s debut single on Spotify is dated October 2024, but before he mustered the courage and resources to release his own music, he had already immersed himself in the scene for years; as a songwriter, instrumentalist and more. Instagram archives show him locked in studio sessions with the likes of Tems and Amaarae, while he […]
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In recent years, Africa has been a growing hotspot for fashion. From luxury couture brands to smaller fast fashion brands, there is a growing consumer trend on the continent for fashion Made-in-Africa, particularly among young people the under-25s account for 50% of the continent’s total population and among the burgeoning middle class; which make up […]
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“When I was a kid, I never thought Nigerian visuals could look this good. Now, people look to us for inspiration,” a friend messaged Anita after she shared behind-the-scenes shots from Davido’s Na Money video. “What you’re doing for Nigerian art and set design is history-making, it’s elevating the country’s prestige in ways that can’t […]
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The Party, a three-episode Netflix series produced by Judith Audu and directed by Yemi “Filmboy” Morafa, begins with a house party scene where the dying Akinbobola (Kunle Remi), also called Bobo, drops off a balcony into the pool. The struggle to revive him is futile, and the father of the deceased immediately invites the police […]
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“For I think that to be beaten and to be put to death is sometimes better than to do what is wrong,” Socrates says in Plato’s Georgias. This pithy statement encapsulates the Socratic view on masculinity, which resists the Homeric obsession with honor through violence. In his day, Socrates’ single-minded focus on moral integrity as […]
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