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People often say that Afrobeats has lost its heart — that the genre no longer made “real” love songs. While this may be true depending on how one conceptualises ‘love songs’, reducing these songs to one particular sound may not be the best way to think of such an expansive subject matter. What if the […]
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Minutes into our call, Aleruchi Kinika, whose photographs have the uncanny ability to evoke a stillness that can feel almost transcendental, tells me she was perpetually depressed, weird, and reclusive as a child. “There’s a reason why my work is the way it is. I was a melancholic kid growing up. I felt so alone […]
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Tunde Kelani is set to release his 2021 film Cordelia across the domestic cinemas from July 18th, 2025, marking the veteran filmmaker and cinematographer’s return to the big screens. An adaptation of literary icon Professor Femi Osofisan’s novella of same title, Cordelia is a compelling drama set in Nigeria in the early 1990s during military […]
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Born in Chicago’s underground club scene, house music emerged as DJs and producers shaped its signature electronic sound, hypnotic, repetitive beats that would soon captivate dance floors around the world. Its global reach has given rise to countless variations, including Amapiano, South Africa’s distinctive take on house music that has exploded onto the international stage. […]
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Every week, The Culture Custodian grants you an all-access backstage pass into the lives of Nollywood rock stars. You get to learn about their fascinating backgrounds, the behind-the-scenes stories, and more. This episode features soundtrack composer and sound designer, Adam Songbird. Aluko Damilola (alias Adam Songbird) had a communal upbringing that exposed him to different […]
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Across the globe, governments facing economic turmoil are turning to a familiar scapegoat: immigrants. From the UK to the USA, and across African nations, leaders are quick to deploy anti-immigration rhetoric and policies as a tool to deflect blame, stoke nationalism, and maintain public support – often at the expense of truth, equity, and basic […]
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Asherkine’s latest video opens with him in Enugu State, specifically at the University of Nigeria. He’s wearing a white tee, baggy jorts, and sneakers. As the video shows, not too long after arriving on the campus, he spots a damsel: Becky, a 300-level mass communications student, seated with her friends, taking cover under a sprawling […]
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With love on the backburner and manhunting at the centre, the template for Nigerian romantic relationships doesn’t exactly place men and women on equal footing and it is against this backdrop that transactional relationships have been able to exist in the first place.
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