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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

What Does “Curiosity Made Me Ask” Understand About Nollywood?

Two years ago, Adebayo Ridwan “Bae U Barbie” Abidemi released the debut episode of Curiosity Made Me Ask featuring Lege Miami. It’s a 13-minute conversation that ranges across Lege’s friendship with Seyi Tinubu, his unshakable belief in the Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidency, and advice for upcoming Nigerian influencers and content creators. The episode, conversation-wise, was […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 month ago

What Does “Curiosity Made Me Ask” Understand About Nollywood?

Nextberries Wants African Fashion to Remember

What if your clothes could tell their own story? Not just who made them, but where they’ve been, who has owned them and whether they’re even the real thing. That’s the idea behind RAC (Reviving Ancient Codes), a new collection from Nigerian creative technology company Nextberries. When Atlanta Dream stars Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray […]

Naomi Ezenwa

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1 month ago

Nextberries Wants African Fashion to Remember

Jennifer Echegini Wants To Make WAFCON History, Again!

Recently, a Nigerian jersey went viral online for its special 10-star feature. The stars spoke to the Nigerian Super Falcons’ dominant performance at the Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) where they have won 10 titles since its expansion in 1998.  Last year, the Falcons came from two goals down to emerge victorious against Morocco’s […]

Oluwamayowa Idowu

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1 month ago

Jennifer Echegini Wants To Make WAFCON History, Again!

15 of Our Favourite Female Characters in African Fiction

African fiction has never been short on women who refuse to be simple. They lie, scheme, endure, break, and rebuild themselves in ways that this list cannot do justice to, and that’s exactly why they stay with us. These are fifteen characters who got under our skin. Some for their quiet courage, others for their contradictions, and a few because we recognised pieces of ourselves, or someone we know and love, in them. This is not a ranking of the “best” women in African literature, it is a biased list of the ones we have kept thinking about long after we closed the books.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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2 months ago

15 of Our Favourite Female Characters in African Fiction

The Macallan Brings Diamonds Are Forever Limited Release To Nigeria

Some stories outlive the moment they were first told. More than five decades after Diamonds Are Forever introduced audiences to one of James Bond’s most iconic adventures, its legacy is finding new expression—not on screen, but in a bottle of whisky. The Macallan has unveiled the Diamonds Are Forever Limited Release in Nigeria, the latest […]

Naomi Ezenwa

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2 months ago

The Macallan Brings Diamonds Are Forever Limited Release To Nigeria
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