Dami Ajayi From I.K. Dairo’s refreshing contribution, to King Sunny Ade and Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, the legendary ying-yang of Juju music, Dami Ajayi traces the evolution of a genre which spanned the oil boom of the 70s as well…
Q & A with Abiola Oni on the London Underground
Abiola Oni discusses African writing, the tube, and the stereotypes usually associated with Africans in the diaspora with Imade Iyamu. Read Abiola Oni’s story “Strangers On the Train” here. In your story, ‘Strangers on a train’, you…
Voices: An anthology of contemporary art and literature
We were taught in elementary school that a noun is a name of a person, place or thing. Ancient, medieval and contemporary literature has encouraged lots of conversations around persons and things, but hardly places. Yet places have…
The Arrangement by Emmanuel Okafor
With her mother’s death still heavy on her heart, Onyinye’s father makes arrangements for her to marry the person of his choice and the situation goes out of control. Okafor Emmanuel Tochukwu Onyinye levered her naked self…
[TV Review] The Simpsons’ Nigerian Characters
Wesley Mead Moe, Princess Kemi (Fox) In the first of a two-part project on The Simpsons, Wesley Mead, while reviewing “The Princess Guide” [s26 e15], examines the decline of The Simpsons, from the cultural touchstone it used to be to…
Special End-of-Year Afrofuturist Comic: Futureology
by Makinde Ayodeji (Writer) and Victor Ikenna Orji (Illustrator) Victor Ikenna Orji is a painter, graphic artist, illustrator and cartoonist and is as well the CEO of Artvantage Studios which focuses on harnessing and producing the best talents in the…
[Short Review] The Chairman of Nigerian Hip Hop
Dzekashu MacViban A skit which is as outrageous as it is hilarious introduces us to MI’s third album, The Chairman, setting the tone for the album’s treatment of its main thematic concern, which is overcoming the travails one encounters…
BrymO's Lagosian fiction in Merchants, Dealers & Slaves
Serubiri Moses [Music Review] Reading BrymO’s Lagosian fiction in Merchants, Dealers & Slaves Serubiri Moses Merchants, Dealers & Slaves evokes the confident move of the artist defining their own journey as a songwriter and performer. This is what…
Three Poems by Minna Salami
Originally published in an anthology titled ‘IF YU HIE SE A DE PRIZIN’’ (Antoloji of puem-dem fo Naija) edited by Edwin Eriata Oribhabor “Ghost” Man Anoda pesin “ghost” don enta mai bodi A no nou im nem Bot a nou…
The Simpsons and the Challenge of Portraying Believable Nigerian Characters
In the second part of an on-going project on The Simpsons, we asked bloggers, writers, cultural thinkers and academics to comment on the episode “The Princess Guide” [s26 e15]. Below is a selection of the comments, with an introduction by Dzekashu MacViban.