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Film & TV

AMAA 2022: Nigeria Dominates The Ceremony With Eight Awards Won

November 7, 2022 by Naomi Overo

Nigerians continue to dominate the international entertainment industry, stunning at the just concluded Africa Movie Academy Awards with a total of eight awards won. The awards ceremony was graced by

Feature Music

A Blast From The Past: 7 Vintage Nigerian Album Covers That Have Stood The Test Of Time

October 13, 2022 by Thelma Ideozu

We don’t talk about album art enough. Although often seen as an expendable element of musical production, album artwork often offers a deeper visual element to an auditory creation. The relationship

Feature Music

5 Times Nigerian Music Soundtracked Hollywood

September 29, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

Homegrown Nigerian actors have yet to break into Hollywood as we hope they would, but homegrown Nigerian music has managed just that. We curate five Hollywood movies that feature Nigerian

Feature Music

The Brief History of Grammy-Nominated Nigerians

January 23, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Shall Burna make history?

Music News & Politics

King Sunny Ade’s Guitar Sells For Record N52.1m at landmark concert

December 14, 2016 by Culture Custodian

A new record in celebrity auctioning has been set by Nigerian music icon, King Sunny Ade when his vintage Fender Telecaster guitar, produced in 1950, was on Sunday sold for

Events Feature

KSA inducted into Hard Rock Hall of Fame

November 30, 2016 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

The word “legendary” might be a cliché these days, but if there’s anyone more worthy of the word on the Nigerian cultural circuit than King Sunny Ade, I’m yet to