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Wanawana’s “Dissonance” Takes You Through the Full Range of Being Human

Udobang describes her art as an invitation: an attempt to make meaning from life while inviting her audience into the process of making sense of it with her.

Shalom Tewobola

3 weeks ago

Inside Slow Sundays: Book Edition, Where Books Brought Strangers Together

By the time guests began arriving at Nature’s Nook Garden, Lagos had cooled down considerably. Instead of dampening the mood, the weather gave Slow Sundays: Book Edition the atmosphere the evening needed: cool, cosy and unhurried. The first experience from OTRwithBSocials was built around a simple idea. Guests would bring two physical books: one to […]

Anjola Akinmade

3 weeks ago

4 Nigerians On the Times the Country Has Disappointed Them

Living in Nigeria can mean expecting constant disappointment, yet it still manages to shock you. It could be a sudden policy change, an infrastructure project left incomplete for years, a hospital that fails you when you need it most because doctors are on strike, or the quiet shame of explaining, yet again, why your passport gets extra scrutiny abroad. Bad governance, a battered economy, terrible infrastructure and systems that seem designed to fail affect the quality of Nigerians’ lives everyday. Anyone who has lived here long enough has at least one moment where the system failed them. In this edition of Nigerian Lives, Culture Custodian speaks with 4 Nigerians about that one moment:

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

3 weeks ago

Niger’s Junta Survives Mutiny With Russian Help as Sahel Instability Spreads

Niger’s military government narrowly survived an attempted coup on Saturday, August 29, after junior soldiers seized a key airbase and briefly disrupted state broadcasting in an assault that was ultimately crushed with direct assistance from Russian forces. The episode has laid bare both the fragility of the junta led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani and the widening security vacuum across the Sahel, one that regional and international observers warn is becoming an increasingly dangerous threat to all of West Africa.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

3 weeks ago

FIC Luanda 2026 Presents First Films from its International Competition Category

The Luanda International Film Festival (FIC Luanda) 2026 has announced a list of international feature films featuring works from filmmakers from Portugal, Brazil, South Africa, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Spain, among others. The festival taking place from October 28 to November 2 in Luanda will have this film feature at the International Fiction […]

Seyi Lasisi

3 weeks ago

Silicon Valley African Film Festival Announces 76 Films From 33 Countries for 2026 Edition

For 17 years, the Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) has created a space for African and African diaspora filmmakers to bring stories from the continent and beyond to audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now, the festival returns for its 17th edition with a programme that reflects the geographic and creative breadth of contemporary […]

Anjola Akinmade

3 weeks ago

Five African Artists, Two Weeks in Lagos: Inside Kokopelli’s New Residency

Kokopelli Art Foundation has launched its first artist residency, bringing together five artists from four African countries for a two-week programme of studio practice, mentorship and field research. What happens when five artists from four African countries are given two weeks in Lagos to work, research and develop a new piece of art? That is […]

Amber Asuni

3 weeks ago