Caine Prize for African Writing 2017 Preview
1. Magogodi oaMphela Makhene’s The Virus, (South Africa) The titular “virus” in Magogodi oaMphela Makhene’s “The Virus” has to do […]
Literature
Literature
She Called Me Woman: Nigerian Queer Women Speak
Published in April this year, “She Called Me Woman: Nigerian Queer Women Speak” (Cassava Republic Press, ) is a compendium
Literature
Ben Okri’s The Freedom Artist Review
In the last year alone, Nigeria’s master-novelist, Ben Okri, has found new relevance by adapting Albert Camus’ “The Outsider” for
Film & Television
Documentary you a look ‘Faaji Agba’ is One of the Year’s Best Music Documentaries
It is the rare documentary that manages to inform, infuriate and entertain in equal measure. Remi Vaughan-Richards has made one
Culture
Rebeca Omordia: ‘Nigeria Could Be the Center of Classical Music in West Africa’
Nigeria’s rich history of classical music gets a convincing revival in “Ekele: Piano Music African Composers”, the debut album by
Culture
The remarkable revival of Brixton
Once upon a time, Brixton, the popular district of South London, had a sordid reputation for street crime and poor
Art
Busayo Lawal’s Life in Asymmetry
For more than two decades, Busayo Lawal (b. 1976) has interrogated the conventions of visual vocabularies to challenge received notions
Art
Style Analysis: E.D Adegoke’s Sisi Eko
The line between the decorative and the decorus is carefully straddled in E.D Adegoke’s Sisi Eko (2021). The term translates
Art
Styl-nalisis: Demola Ogunajo’s Area Art
The amalgamation of Jesus and Superman in Demola Ogunajo’s Area Art (2018) (should Area Art be italicized or put in