Features and Essays

Participants at the "Interactive Session with Hollywood and Nollywood"
Does Nollywood Have Too Many Speaking Events?

Nollywood’s potential is immense, but reaching it will require more than just conversations. By Joseph…

African dancers
What Music and Dance Trended in Francophone Africa in 2024?

In video after video, dance scene after dance scene, reels after reels, it becomes clear…

Afrobeats Superstars
Opinion: We Have Taken Afrobeats to the World, and Now They Are Taking It From Us

In our quest for global dominance, we have been reckless as a culture. Afrobeats has…

Chidimma Adetshina
Chidimma Adetshina’s Inspiring Rise to the Miss Universe Stage

Beyond the glitz and glamour, Chidimma Adetshina has become a symbol of what it means…

BBL Comedy Box
BBL Comedy Box: Showcasing South-Eastern Nigeria’s Comic Brilliance

BBL Comedy Box promises few hours filled with waves of humor, free-flowing drinks, and more…

Igbo language
What Has Happened to Igbo Language Novels?

That the Igbo language, as exuberant a cultural repository as any in the world, is…

The scene on Tom Mboya's assasination
Too Early for Birds Chronicles Tom Mboya’s Legacy with Wit and Heart

Too Early for Birds presents a production that becomes more than just a performance—it’s a…

The legacy of loss
The Legacy of Loss | Nonfiction by Damilola Olaniyi

You will find yourself longing for home, the rowdiness, the chaos and the antiseptic smell…

Yankari Game Reserve
What Is the State of Nigeria’s Natural Parks and Game Reserves?

The Yankari Game Reserve is arguably Nigeria’s most well-known wildlife and forest reserve but stories…

Nobel Prize in Literature African hopefuls
Which African Author Will Win the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature?

While it is hard to determine a given pattern in Nobel Prize in Literature awards,…