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Access Bank UK Polo Day Drives Lasting Change, Funding Education for Over 14,000 Children in Africa

Windsor, England may be thousands of miles away from Nigeria and other parts of Africa, but the mission of Access Bank UK Polo Day remains firmly rooted in the continent. Held at the prestigious Guards Polo Club, this year’s event once again blended high society, fine fashion, and the elegance of polo, reaching beyond glamour […]

Naomi Ezenwa

1 year ago

Introducing Création Africa: A new home for African creatives

Création Africa is the new digital platform connecting artists, designers, filmmakers, and more across Africa and France. From open calls to funding and training, it’s made for those building the culture.

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

1 year ago

“To Kill A Monkey”: Efemini was Sexually Assaulted, Many Might Miss That

It is indeed true that men are the biggest benefactors of the patriarchy but the privilege makes them oblivious to the noose it ties around their necks.

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

1 year ago

Dika Ofoma’s “Something Sweet” Emboldens Unconventional Romance

Something Sweet is the second short film in the recently released Zikoko Life anthology on YouTube. Written and directed by Dika Ofoma and produced by Blessing Uzzi, the film stars Michelle Dede as Ziora, a divorcée and single mother in her forties who falls in love with Leke (portrayed by Ogranya Jable Osai), a 28-year-old […]

Adedamola Adedayo

1 year ago

Afolabi Olalekan’s “Freedom Way” Fails to Aspire Beyond Reiteration and Lamentation

Afolabi Olalekan’s Freedom Way written and produced by Blessing Uzzi, takes a lengthy and laborious 90 minutes to drive home a single point: our lives, as humans and Nigerians, especially, are connected. Uzzi’s script assembles a varied cast to make this point: the co-founders of Easy Go Ride, Themba (Jesse Suntele), Tayo (Ogaranya), and Edi […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 year ago

“To Kill a Monkey” Shines on the Surface, Stumbles in the Script

Nigerians are united in their exhibitionist and exaggerative tendencies. The cultural and social conditioning of the Nigerian society makes living a solitary and modest lifestyle impossible. Parties, even intimate ones, must be exaggerated, music must be chaotically high, clothes must carry markings of wealth even if said wearer isn’t wealthy. Thus, public display is celebrated […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 year ago

“A Mirror to the Culture”: Tope Olowoniyan Reflects on Nollywood, Identity, and the Africa Magic Influence

Africa’s thriving entertainment industry has created pathways for aspiring actors to enter the film sector, with initiatives like the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) leading the charge. Launched by African media giant MultiChoice, MTF nurtures emerging talent through workshops and productions, seamlessly integrating them into the continent’s dynamic film ecosystem. Alongside its subsidiary Africa Magic, MultiChoice […]

Adedamola Adedayo

1 year ago

“What’s Left of Us” Is a Raw, If Unsteady, Portrait of Marriage and Autonomy

In one of Andrea Dworkin’s most provocative critiques of marriage, she offers that the institution of marriage offshoots from the practice of rape, “Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only […]

Shalom Tewobola

1 year ago

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Access Bank UK Polo Day Drives Lasting Change, Funding Education for Over 14,000 Children in Africa

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“To Kill A Monkey”: Efemini was Sexually Assaulted, Many Might Miss That

Dika Ofoma’s “Something Sweet” Emboldens Unconventional Romance

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“What’s Left of Us” Is a Raw, If Unsteady, Portrait of Marriage and Autonomy

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