Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent
My Father’s Shadow is a personal, semi-autobiographical exploration of the Davies brothers. It’s charged as an attempt to make sense of the absence that shaped their formative years.
4 weeks ago
Despite his embattled situation, writing Wizkid off is a bit premature, he still has a huge fanbase and the talent to command rave reviews from critics.
1 month ago
To open 5ive, the poet Alhanislam recites a spoken-word commentary on the album and the man behind it. It feels a little pretentious, rooted in the same idea that drives artists to label every new project their deepest and most personal work yet. Yet some of it does have grounding in real-life events. Alhanislam hails […]
2 months ago
If you’ve been even remotely active online, the words Achalugo and Odogwu have likely crossed your path, either directly or embedded in brands like Piggyvest’s marketing materials. Perhaps you’ve also encountered the lavish praise hailing Love in Every Word as one of 2025’s cinematic masterpieces, or declarations that Omoni Oboli has revolutionized NollyTube. If we […]
2 months ago
Did you know that there are approximately 4.66 billion active Internet users worldwide? Can you imagine all the different ways in which we all use the internet? Obasanjo’s Internet is our interview series where we speak to some of our Internet favorites on how they relate to the internet and what it means to them […]
2 years ago
Kunle Afolayan often plays with folklore in his films, a tendency he does not spare in his latest Netflix film, Ijogbon. The filmmaker meant business when he recently spoke of how open he has always been to exploring “religion, beliefs, and the natural human angle.” In The Figurine (2009), the filmmaker built the story around […]
2 years ago
Every week, The Culture Custodian grants you an all-access backstage pass into the lives of Nollywood rock stars. You get to learn about their fascinating background, the behind-the-scenes stories, and more. In this episode, we sit with an influential African filmmaker and a pacesetter in Nigerian Cinema —Kunle Afolayan. The son of late veteran actor Adeyemi […]
2 years ago
Asake’s journey to fame hasn’t been a day’s trip. While many people only met him in 2022, he had been taking long strides toward fame way before that. After releasing his 2020 viral club banger, Mr Money, the song had a decent play on airwaves but still fell short of the big break he aspired […]
2 years ago
Nigerian artist, Kizz Daniel has made a buzz within the past week with his “My G” challenge that has gone viral, particularly on TikTok. The challenge has got people highlighting expensive items that they own and citing their costs in sync with the song’s lyrics. The “My G” challenge has caught the attention of many […]
2 years ago
What is the truth? Is the truth that incontestable, universal entity? Or is everyone’s truth born of their own unique perspective, an experience that can not be gleaned by any means short of, somehow, becoming that person and viewing the world through their eyes? Odumodublvck’s view on truth is the latter, but like most people’s, […]
2 years ago
Did you know that there are approximately 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide? Can you imagine all the different ways in which we all use the internet? Obasanjo’s Internet is our interview series where we speak to some of our Internet favourites on how they relate to the Internet and what it means to them […]
2 years ago
In the Wendy Uwadiae Imasuen-produced five-part film series She Must Be Obeyed, Funke Akindele is Siyanbola, also called “She”, a music artist whose life is ruled by envy as she strives to outshine her colleagues within the music industry. In her quest for stardom, She maintains a Janus-faced personality: ruthless and self-conceited at home, empathetic […]
2 years ago
