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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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1 month ago

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

“After 30”: Momo Spaine’s Female-Focused Story is Plain, Precise and Potent

Momo Spaine’s After 30 starts on a brilliant note.  Sitting at the airport, Temi (Damilola Adegbite) concisely recounted pertinent details from Before 30, the series that birthed this new film. In her concise recounting, the film skillfully intimates viewers with almost-a-decade information without being stuffy and lacking. Nkem (Beverly Naya), after experiencing heartbreak, decides to […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

“After 30”: Momo Spaine’s Female-Focused Story is Plain, Precise and Potent

The Case For Music Industry Gatekeepers

The average Afrobeats enthusiast is all too familiar with the narrative of an artist pushing back against industry gatekeepers. It’s one of the most popular tropes of the genre. In Rema’s Ozeba, he sings “Shey you wan gatekeep who sabi jump fence?” It’s cheeky and whimsical but also bristling with a cavalier tenor. You can […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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1 year ago

The Case For Music Industry Gatekeepers

This Fragrance Brand Is Redefining What Luxury Smells Like

For years, luxury fragrance meant names you couldn’t pronounce and prices you couldn’t justify. Perfume was a passport to another world — usually French, sometimes Arabian, rarely African. But that narrative is shifting. A new generation of African-owned fragrance brands is stepping forward, bringing fresh perspectives, emotional depth, and cultural authenticity to an industry long […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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1 year ago

This Fragrance Brand Is Redefining What Luxury Smells Like

Four Things We Know About Nicole Asinugo’s “God Knows Best”

Following a successful decade-long journey as a multifaceted storyteller, Nicole Asinugo is taking a monumental leap towards directing. This leap has resulted in God Knows Best, her directorial debut film which isn’t your average grief story but one that offers a powerful, unflinching look at what it means to live on your own terms, even […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

Four Things We Know About Nicole Asinugo’s “God Knows Best”

A Breakthrough Moment: What Funke Akindele and Mo Abudu’s THR Recognition Means for Nigerian Women Filmmakers

It’s another year of The Hollywood Reporter (THR) giving flowers to outstanding women in international film. Mo Abudu and Funke Akindele deservingly make the list, bearing the flag for the glamorous Nigerian film industry and African entertainment scene. Mo Abudu, the founder and CEO of EbonyLife Media, who is not new to international recognition, is […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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1 year ago

A Breakthrough Moment: What Funke Akindele and Mo Abudu’s THR Recognition Means for Nigerian Women Filmmakers

Nollywood Deserves More Well-Grounded Historical Epics

The rise of streaming platforms in Nigeria has triggered a renaissance of Nigerian historical epics. From Femi Adebayo’s King of Thieves, Jagun Jagun and Seven Doors, to Frank Rajah-Arase’s The Legend of Inikpi, Izu Ojukwu’s Amina, Kunle Afolayan’s Anikulapo franchise, Bolanle Austen-Peters’ House of Ga’a, Eniola Ajao’s Beast Of Two Worlds, Odunlade Adekola’s Orisa, and […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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1 year ago

Nollywood Deserves More Well-Grounded Historical Epics
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