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Almost two months after releasing his fourth studio album, M$NEY, Asake is set to return with M$NEY IN LONDON (Live), a live version that also doubles as a deluxe. This is not a drill. News of the live album broke after his exclusive one-night only show at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, on 21 […]
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Famed Mami Wata director C.J “Fiery” Obasi has announced his next feature project. The director is set to produce, direct, and co-write The Boy Who Runs, a biopic based on the life of the Ugandan athlete Julius Achon. Obasi will be co-writing the screenplay with Kirimi Kiage and Teddy Gitau, Kudi Maradzika as executive producer, […]
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In her famous 1969 interview, American composer and Jazz artist Nina Simone famously said that an artist’s duty is to reflect the times. Art, in its truest form, must translate society’s struggles and realities for the citizens not in a God-esque, omniscient manner and language but in a questioning, reflective, and meditative tone and framing. […]
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The Senate has passed a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police services across Nigeria, marking a significant step in one of the country’s most consequential and contentious security reform debates. The proposed legislation, which seeks to amend the 1999 Constitution, would replace Nigeria’s current centralized policing framework with a dual system comprising a […]
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Unless you’ve been living completely off-grid, there has been no escaping Call of My Life since its release in May. From a mysterious proposal at a Johnny Drille concert that sent social media into detective mode, to celebrity watch parties, blind-date activations, surprise fan calls, and enough online conversation to make the film impossible to […]
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Showmax launched in South Africa on 19 August 2015 as one of the continent’s early serious attempts to build a streaming platform tailored for African audiences with the ambition to compete globally. After its rollout across multiple African markets in 2016, Nigeria—arguably one of the continent’s most influential media economies by scale, output and cultural […]
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If there are ethical ways to create music with generative AI, then we must find them.
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As Told By Ada is a Culture Custodian weekly series exploring the unique and often chaotic experience of navigating life as the oldest daughter in a Nigerian household. Over the course of these mini therapy sessions, we give you a peek into the ups, downs and lingering effects of growing up “the first.” I […]
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