What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?
Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
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Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent
Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
3 weeks ago
What shall it profit a people to lack shame? What does it really profit a nation of over 180 million people to consistently platform and promote individuals with an addiction to humiliation? There comes a time when one must sit back, rest their hands on their head, exhale, and declare that it all doesn’t make […]
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My Father’s Shadow dual-citizenship tension isn’t an isolated conversation in African cinema. From the early 2000’s to date, there have been a select number of African titles with similar tension.
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Aanu Adeoye is a journalist at a major newspaper and author working on his debut nonfiction book about Africa’s emerging geopolitics. Here, he takes us through his use of the internet as both a tool for work and a distraction to be avoided. Who are you? What do you do? Who am I? What a […]
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Freedom of choice is the ability to make decisions without being forced or unduly pressured by others.
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Meet 15 women redefining Nigerian media—pioneers, storytellers, and executives shaping the industry’s future. From digital innovators to broadcast powerhouses, this Culture Custodian campaign celebrates their impact, influence, and brilliance.
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As an indie filmmaker, the short film is your sure-fire way of testing the waters, a means to shoot your shot, but there’s an accompanying temptation: the urge to over-impress, to sound deep in theme and form, to prove beyond reasonable doubt with any symbol that comes within your grasp, all within “unreasonable” timing. Abiodun […]
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A middle-aged man, in a simple-branded T-shirt and trousers, is on a commercial motorbike. Filmed in slow-mo, the motorbike glides past a building whose wall holds remotely colourful images of some Ugandan figures, perhaps persons of considerable historical significance, and a conspicuous BANK OF UGANDA inscription. A voiceover accompanies the opening scene of The Tongue […]
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The title of Magixx’s debut album—I Dream in Color—evokes cinematic visions; the vague feeling of being caught in a dream overlaid with vivid bursts of color. The spectral undertones inherent in the album’s title pervades the 13 tracks that make up the album. I Dream In Color, exists in a mellow dreamscape conjured from the […]
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Burna Boy’s eighth studio album is finally on the horizon. In the past few weeks, the album’s rollout has ramped up significantly. He has made appearances on the covers of magazines and teased the album on social media through cheeky puns and aphorisms. He has appeared on shows, letting viewers in on certain nuances of […]
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As far as stoking excitement for the book goes, her spectacular promotional efforts have paid off handsomely and the results are in plain view. Social media is strewn with bubbly photos of fans posing with signed copies of the novel.
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In 2020, as the pandemic brought the world to a standstill, forcing Nigerians into movement restrictions and lockdowns, it was also incubating music talent and creativity that would go on to leave a legacy five years after. In Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, clubs were shut, concerts were getting cancelled, even smaller festivities like weddings and […]
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Are you a budding woman professional looking to take your media career to the next level? Here’s your chance! We’re excited to announce a 90-day hands-on mentorship program designed to empower and equip the next generation of women in media. This program is part of Culture Custodian’s three-part campaign celebrating women redefining African media today […]
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