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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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4 days ago

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

7 Predictions For Nigerian Film in 2025

As we look back on the previous year’s releases, debuts, and industry-defining moments in Nigerian Film, it’s time we look forward and embrace what this year might hold for Nigerian Film.  Here’s what and who to keep an eye on as the year continues to take shape. I do not come to you by chance […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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2 years ago

7 Predictions For Nigerian Film in 2025

Do Artists Have To Reinvent The Wheel With Every Release?

About a week ago Asake posted a snippet—his first since his Lungu Boy Album—to his Instagram page. In the clip, he can be seen sporting a tastefully squalid look, indicating the dawning of a new era for him. His face is strewn with a phalanx of newly inked tattoos. He’s wearing a brown distressed shirt, […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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2 years ago

Do Artists Have To Reinvent The Wheel With Every Release?

Obasanjo’s Internet – Mo Isu

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 […]

Damilola Oyeleke

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2 years ago

Obasanjo’s Internet – Mo Isu

8 Books From Nigerian Authors to Look Forward to in 2025

After a remarkable 2024 that saw our recommended reads soar, including Pemi Aguda’s National Book Award-nominated Ghostroots, Aiwanose Odafen’s haunting We Were Girls Once, Foluso Agbaje’s riveting The Parlor Wife, and Chukwuebuka Ibeh’s masterful debut Blessings. We’re back to forecast another extraordinary year in Nigerian literature. Our 2025 selection showcases both emerging voices and established […]

Shalom Tewobola

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2 years ago

8 Books From Nigerian Authors to Look Forward to in 2025

Trends That Might Shape The Nigerian Music Industry in 2025

As we roll into the new year, there are bubbling trends and emerging patterns that might break out in 2025. With new albums expected from the other big two—Davido and Burna Boy—and global touring routes expected to resume for the other stars of the genre, there might be a global renaissance for the genre.

Otolorin Olabode

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2 years ago

Trends That Might Shape The Nigerian Music Industry in 2025

2024 Is Afrobeats’ Most Consequential Year This Decade

Epochal cultural moments are rarely, if ever, grasped or appreciated in the moment. Instead, we drift about, swirling in underappreciation for what we believe to be mundane, completely failing to register the magnetism of the moment. Only in retrospect, the elucidating quality of time having brought the magic of that era into focus, do we […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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2 years ago

2024 Is Afrobeats’ Most Consequential Year This Decade
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