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In-House: Top Ten Songs of 2024

From the multitude of new music releases this year, here is Culture Custodian’s definitive ranking of the best ten songs of 2024, as chosen by our editorial team.

Patrick Ezema

6 months ago

How Rema Reimagined Afropop To Find His Sound on “HEIS”

Rema’s HEIS could be the soundtrack to an antihero film. Big drums underscore his many pompous self-proclamations in capital letters, while the sinister keys that intersperse them provide them a scary, evil temperament. It’s exactly the project he needed to fulfill his career’s direction and tie up many of his creative choices over the years: […]

Patrick Ezema

6 months ago

In-House: Best Albums of 2024

By Patrick Ezema, Chibuzo Emmanuel, Damilola Oyeleke, Shalom Tewobola and Alex Omenye Another year has come and, save for a few days, gone, and we’ve been introduced to another glut of albums released from the stables of Nigerian artists. A year that started out slow for Nigerian music—prompting discussions from fans and thinkpieces from critics […]

Patrick Ezema

6 months ago

A Night to Remember: No Love in Lagos Concert Brings Live Music Magic to London

They no dey love for Lagos, felenfe, felenfe, everybody, felenfe, ihe neme, felenfe. They no dey love for Lagos.These are the words that open up the listening experience, after the dreamy intro, on the No Love In Lagos album and the latest body of work from Show Dem Camp where they collaborate with The Cavemen. […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

6 months ago

Osaru Obaseki: Bridging Past and Present Through Sculpture and Painting

by Michael Kolawole Osaru Obaseki’s studio is a reflection of her artistic process: textured materials scattered across tables by the window; a plastic trolley filled with painting tubes and containers of different sizes, shapes, and colors stands by an alluring portrait of a man at the center; half-formed sculptures are sitting by fully formed ones […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

6 months ago

In “Fine Girl” An Unsettling Meetcute Takes A Strange Turn

From Lagos to Cairo, women of all ages and walks of life can relate to the inescapable experience of unwanted male attention. The image that usually comes to mind when we think of harassment is that of the unfamiliar, unpolished man on the street. But even charismatic men are equal transgressors. These men weaponize a […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

6 months ago

Unorthodox Nigerian Filmmakers Find A Haven in S16 Film Festival

The S16 festival is giving Nigerian arthouse filmmakers a platform to showcase their deeply reflective works that challenge the norm.

Shalom Tewobola

6 months ago

“When Love Strikes” Review— Inkblot’s Football-based Drama Feels Like A Sleepy Rethink

Sport-themed films appeal to people for their relatable issues. Often, they focus on the transition of an underdog from obscurity to prominence. The protagonist’s upward trajectory is incontestable regardless of how much antagonism crosses his path. As such, when the narrative peters out, this protagonist becomes a hero, honored and celebrated for the ability to […]

Adedamola Adedayo

6 months ago

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In-House: Top Ten Songs of 2024

How Rema Reimagined Afropop To Find His Sound on “HEIS”

In-House: Best Albums of 2024

A Night to Remember: No Love in Lagos Concert Brings Live Music Magic to London

Osaru Obaseki: Bridging Past and Present Through Sculpture and Painting

In “Fine Girl” An Unsettling Meetcute Takes A Strange Turn

Unorthodox Nigerian Filmmakers Find A Haven in S16 Film Festival

“When Love Strikes” Review— Inkblot’s Football-based Drama Feels Like A Sleepy Rethink

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