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
In all of DJ Dope Caesar’s videos on her Instagram and TikTok pages, there is none without her in front of her controller, feverishly sliding knobs on a mixer and tapping pads. While fun-seeking youth hold their breath as they wait for the beat to drop to figure out what new song she has […]
2 years ago
If the Nollywood faithful realized anything last year, it’s that people enjoy films set in Nigeria’s pre-colonial past. Specifically films set in Yorubaland, with a Yoruba dialogue track. Hence the rollicking success of epics like Anikulapo, Elesin Oba, and Agesinkole, the last copping about 320 million naira at the box office. Those films beam with […]
2 years ago
Finding clothes that fit perfectly can be quite elusive. We’ve all experienced the disappointment of trying on outfits that looked stunning on hangers but looked off when worn. You know that one blouse in your wardrobe with an amazing design that doesn’t seem to match anything you style with it, yeah, that one. Before shopping […]
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
Nigerian hip hop and rap artists often don’t get as much love as their Afrobeats, Afropop and Afro fusion counterparts. These rappers put in so much effort into their craft and usually don’t get the same reception as artists in other genres due to the dwindling interest in the Nigerian hip hop scene. Going against […]
2 years ago
You’ve heard about many Nigerian podcasts and podcasters; you love some of them while you despise or are indifferent about others. While it’s taken podcasts a while to break into the Nigerian entertainment and content consumption scene, podcasting is not an entirely novel phenomenon. Even though we weren’t aware of the fact, many talk shows […]
2 years ago
By David Ebube Nwachukwu In the fast-paced world of fashion retail, where fads come and go, one phenomenon has been demonstrated to have an unmatched influence on customers and their shopping habits: the “it dress.” For a brand operating outside of haute couture, having a singular piece resonate with consumers helps cement its status as […]
2 years ago
Olamide has done it all. The once trouser-sagging, unorthodox rapper with chest-beating lines and a combative attitude; the first true street pop star, distilling street slang into infectious, danceable material; the Afropop star, striving to gain some share of Nigeria’s mainstream market; and finally the RnB artist melding love-tinged choruses into low-tempo songs. As […]
2 years ago
