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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

5 African Films That Celebrate Unstoppable Women

International Women’s Day, observed on March 8th, evoked mixed emotions this year. Despite global celebrations, we confront stark realities: women excluded rather than included, victims silenced in Senate chambers instead of being heard, rising femicides, and persistent inequality. These truths reveal how hollow ceremonial recognition can be. Yet we persist in the struggle, recognizing that […]

Shalom Tewobola

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2 years ago

5 African Films That Celebrate Unstoppable Women

African Women Rewriting Africa’s Numbers on Power

  Seth Onyango, bird story agency Wangarĩ Maathai’s hands, once caked in the soil of Kenya’s highlands, planted the seeds that grew into a movement — and then a Nobel Peace Prize. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf shattered political glass ceilings to lead a nation out of its post-war rubble. Lupita Nyong’o dazzled Hollywood to win an […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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2 years ago

African Women Rewriting Africa’s Numbers on Power

Nigerian Artists Need to Better Understand The Music Business

On Wednesday evening last week, fast-rising popstar Fido ignited an acerbic conversation when he posted a series of slapdash tweets undermining the role of music marketing executives. One of the tweets reads “Marketing company go make you feel like na them Dey help your life, whereas na you Dey make money for them, dem go […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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2 years ago

Nigerian Artists Need to Better Understand The Music Business

Maia Lekow and Christopher King’s Sundance-Selected Documentary Informs on How to Build a Library

The documentary is a sad reminder of the Kenyan government’s frustration of citizens’ goodwill and its disinterest in education. That Shiro and Wachuka lobbied the government for the library which is supposed to be part of their social responsibility is the first indication of the government’s disinterest in developing the philosophical and intellectual mindset of their citizens.

Seyi Lasisi

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2 years ago

Maia Lekow and Christopher King’s Sundance-Selected Documentary Informs on How to Build a Library

Jola Ayeye: The Podcaster Shaping Nigeria’s Cultural Landscape 

The wooden chair wobbled as seven-year-old Jola Ayeye hunched over a page, pencil gripped tight, tongue peeking out in concentration. Around her, the floor was a patchwork of unfinished stories, half-colored sketches, and a notebook filled with lyrics to songs no one else knew. “What do you want to be when you grow up, Jola?” […]

Shalom Tewobola

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2 years ago

Jola Ayeye: The Podcaster Shaping Nigeria’s Cultural Landscape 

“BODMAS” Review—A Quick Note on Self-Doubt & Moral Support 

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 […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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2 years ago

“BODMAS” Review—A Quick Note on Self-Doubt & Moral Support 

“The Tongue Turns To The Aching Tooth”—Revisiting The Satirists of Idi Amin-Ruled Uganda

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 […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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2 years ago

“The Tongue Turns To The Aching Tooth”—Revisiting The Satirists of Idi Amin-Ruled Uganda
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