If you’re between 18 and 32 years old, you’re a millennial. You’ve been fortunate enough to be born into one of the most exciting economic periods of humanity. You have
African communities are typically about pretending things like smoking and having sex are fantasies and only present in movies. Parents pretend they never experimented in their heyday and cringe or
Before September 11 2007, who did you think was going to win that battle and why? Deji Osikoya: 50. Defintely, 50. Why? Well, let’s just say that back in the
Most who pay attention to the new generation of artists who’ve leveraged the internet in their thrust to the eyes of the public know Yinka Bernie. Bernie alongside the likes
by Abimisola Anibaba & Oniye Okolo Abimisola: This year’s Made in America lineup was a particularly big one, especially for Africans. It was the first time since its commencement
by Ade Adetunji September 11th is seared into collective public memory as the day that completely altered the global political scene and heralded years of unthinkable violence, brutality and the
“If we do not know you, we can neither like nor dislike you, we can only ignore you.” For all of Afrobeats’ supposedly one-of-a-kind charm, the songs on rotation at
In 22 minutes, Lola Okusami delivered a great short film that made me so angry I nearly cried. I loved every minute of it. Gone Nine Months chronicles the soon
That’s what I found myself thinking when I found out the team at Eat.Drink.Lagos were planning a Jollof Festival (the answer to the jollof question, by the way, is no.
President Buhari made his return to Nigeria over the weekend and in true presidential fashion he made an address to the nation. Although I am overjoyed to have our sovereign
The rise of Afrobeat music across the world following Wizkid’s place on Drake’s Come Closer has been interesting to say the least. The talent exists and we’ve always known it
by Olaloye Oyedotun London’s new It Spot, iKoYi is not the Nigerian restaurant of my parent’s generation, and it makes no attempt to be. Seating approximately thirty-five with an open
‘One minute you’re a star student and the next, you feel like you failed at some life exam.’ ****************************************************** In her directorial debut, Osiberu explores the trouble with socio-cultural
Positive representation of African concepts in the Western media is always appreciated but quite rare. While online media has slowly gravitated as a result of social media, print may be
In recent weeks, conversations about paying to get a shoe into certain doors has dominated conversation on social media. Prior to Lucid Lemons’ second edition of their festival, The Lemon