New Music Friday: 10 Songs to Spice Up Your Weekend Playlists
New Music Friday is incomplete without Culture Custodian’s expertly curated recommendations. Afropop, hip-hop, R&B, folk: you name it, we’ve got it!
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New Music Friday is incomplete without Culture Custodian’s expertly curated recommendations. Afropop, hip-hop, R&B, folk: you name it, we’ve got it!
5 months ago
Two Nigerians, Kazeem Adefuye and Akilla Michael Adebisi have emerged winners of the global Jameson Black Barrel Bartender Series. The global Jameson Black Bartender Series is a contest organised by the Jameson Black Barrel in which participants are tasked with developing distinctive cocktails built around Jameson Black Barrel, drawing on ingredients from their immediate environment, […]
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Abuja’s water shortage has been building for months, with different reasons given as to why, at each stage. In January, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) cut power to the FCT Water Board over unpaid bills, shutting down operations at the Lower Usuma Dam. The Board’s monthly electricity bill reportedly exceeds N200 million, and the debt had accumulated for several months. AEDC restored power on January 18 after public outcry, but only on condition that the Board presented a repayment plan within two weeks.
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The Tribeca Film Festival has announced its official selection for its 2026 edition scheduled from 3rd to 14th June, 2026. The final selection which includes 118 feature films has few African titles selected. The titles include Vincho Nchogu’s One Woman, One Bra, Dione Roach and Steve Happi’s Jail Time Records, The Critics and Pietra Brettkelly’s […]
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Nairobi based filmmaker, Lydia Matata, has been selected as a 2026 Sundance Institute Cultural Impact Residency Fellows. Matata is one of the seven storytellers selected for the second year of the Sundance Collab residency. Matata is currently developing her debut feature film, Pepo Kali (Strong Wind) which follows a grieving mother who learns to ride […]
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In 1966, Nigerian filmmaker and theatre producer, Adeyemi “Ade Love” Afolayan joined Moses “Baba Sala” Olaiya’s drama troupe, The Alawada Theatre Group. It was a five-year mentorship phase that evolved into a creative partnership when Ade Love directed Olaiya’s Mosebolatan in 1986. The film, which represents a definitive project of their professional relationships, was a […]
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Nigeria’s aviation industry is on the verge of a total shutdown, with domestic airline operators warning that all flight operations could cease nationwide from Monday, April 20, 2026 if the spiralling cost of Jet A1 fuel is not urgently addressed. This has raised fresh concerns about both the sustainability of the industry and the wider […]
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Nigeria’s social media scene is the fastest growing on the continent. Nigerians, like their global counterparts, have built digital empires, made money online, shared their artistic endeavours and reached wide audiences on several platforms. They start conversations, set trends, build communities, teach, market, collaborate, tell stories, highlight culture, support people, entertain, try out new ideas, […]
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