The concert—an event put together by Kuda, happened three days ago—and I still can’t stop thinking about the experience. Often, wh…
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There is something quietly unsettling about the stories we never tell. They remain with us, growing louder in memory than they eve…
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When you pick up Aishat A. Bolaji’s Flowers at the City of Dreams, you should read the dedication first. “Dedicated to the courage…
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In modern Nigerian culture, the “Japa” story is typically framed as a binary: success or tragedy. Salmah Salam Oiza’s debut collec…
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The woman as a heroine in the victimisation of social conditioning is a fashionable portrait of the protagonist in contemporary ro…
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Kano, Nigeria: It’s Friday, September 12, 2025; the sun had just risen with a humming smile, dust spilling around. I marched down …
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The art of poetry is built on the principle of compression, a demand to say the most with the least. To write poetry is to…
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Across many African traditions, the mind is not the sovereign it imagines itself to be. The Yoruba show the delineation of this in…
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Some novels arrive like whispers; others break into your consciousness and refuse to leave. Chukwuemeka Famous’ We Will Live Again…
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Every human wanders through different phases in life. Sometimes we drift towards something; other times, something drifts towards …
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Welcome to Owuro Every small town in Nigeria has secrets. Owuro, the fictional Ondo State municipality at the centre of Magdalene …
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I once posited elaborately on the position of Skip Gates—I believe—regarding critical canons and the particularity of looking at w…
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Kemi Adetiba’s To Kill a Monkey is a show defined by a powerful central idea: the moment a desperate man decides to kill his consc…
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Dream Count is not the sweeping saga of Adichie’s acclaimed Americanah or the generational epic of Half of a Yellow Sun. Instead, …
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Blooming Under Bradford Skies is a masterful assemblage of rich works by Nigerian and British writers who have made Bradford their…
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Nana Sule’s debut novel, Not So Terrible People, is a collection of 11 speculative and mysterious tales, a bold mix of ghosts, ang…
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In April 2025, the historic city of Zaria, long hailed as Birnin Ilimi (City of Knowledge), witnessed its first-ever Books and Art…
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In this debut collection, Zaynab Ilyasu Bobi, with profound linguistic dexterity, navigates the complexities of grief, displacemen…
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Walking into A Maze of Power at Rabat’s Mohammed VI Museum (opened 15 April 2025), one is immediately struck by its grandeur. The …
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The Nigeria International Poetry Convention (NIPCON) celebrated its second edition from November 29 to December 2, 2023, under the…
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In November 2022, Sa’id Sa’ad, an international journalist and writer, initiated the Borno Books and Arts Festival (BOBAFEST) in M…
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SOTO Gallery as the art gallerist emphasized, was the mastermind behind pioneering +234 ArtFair at EPAC, Lagos which contributed t…
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Afamefuna: An Nwa Boi Story, Kayode Kasum’s celebratory stab at the nwa boi system, starts at the end and then advances towards th…
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Aníkúlápó: Rise of the Spectre, a sequel series to the 2022 film Aníkúlápó, transports viewers to the 17th century. The show follo…
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Nollywood’s unofficial Queen of romcoms, Biodun Stephen, who is known for her simple, moderate-budget narratives, takes on the gen…
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“Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre” is a six-part epic TV mini-series based on the successful 2022 movie “Anikulapo”, directed and pr…
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In the mystical coastal village of Iyi, tradition and modernity clash like waves against the shore. The villagers revere …
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