By Vivian Nneka Nwajiaku Literary adaptations are not exactly Nollywood’s stock-in-trade. On the few occasions that filmmakers have attempted to adapt Nigerian...
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Blackstar Film Festival: Jonelle Twum Subtly Explores Race, Immigration And Capitalism In “A Mother’s Body”
By Jerry Chiemeke In many first-world countries, women of colour take up multiple jobs to make ends meet. For immigrant women, in particular, it’s extremely difficult to...
By Jerry Chiemeke All lizards lie prostrate. No one knows which of them has belly ache. African proverbs are usually multi-layered in terms of meaning, and the one...
By Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera and Fatiat Saliu Lists are very important for a lot of things, especially as they help us keep track of what lies ahead and how much...
Book Reviews
Book Review: In “Colours Of Hatred”, Obinna Udenwe Bridges The Gap Between The Literary And Detective Forms Of Novel Writing
By Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera Sometimes a book partly introduces itself in the beginning, leaves out certain curious details about why it is what it is, and then...
Features and Essays
Blackstar Film Festival, The World’s Premier Event For Filmmakers Of Colour, Returns For A Tenth Edition
By Jerry Chiemeke The Blackstar Film Festival, the world’s premier film showcase that celebrates filmmakers and other creatives of colour, returns for its tenth edition...
By Jerry Chiemeke One busy weekday afternoon a few years ago, I was returning from a long day at the office, seated in one of the city‘s smoky yellow rickety...
Music Review
#Throwback Album Review: Falz Channels His Inner Fela In “Moral Instruction”, But Didactics Are Not Enough
By Jerry Chiemeke It was always going to come to this. For every “La Fete” there was a “Way”, for every “Soft Work” there was a “Wehdone Sir”, and even being a “Sweet...
Features and Essays
Women Experience Life-Threatening Pain During Their Periods – Here Is Why You Should Care.
By Augustina John A few months ago, a short video went viral on social media. It was an experiment that involved the use of a period cramp simulator, where some men were...
Culture
Pilfering Money In God’s Name: How Nigerian Pastors Are Making The Gospel Look Like A Ponzi Scheme
By Joshua Chizoma “It is written, ‘my house shall be called a house of prayer’, but ye have made it a den of thieves.” – Matthew 21: 13. Matthew’s gospel in the...
By Joshua Chizoma In the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, much of the spotlight was beamed on Simone Biles. She was the “face” of the Olympics, receiving the sort of media...
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Review: Show Dem Camp Sound A Little Bit Jaded As They Ruminate On Nigeria’s Woes In New Mixtape “Clone Wars 5: The Algorhythm”
By Jerry Chiemeke It was September 2013, I had only just completed law school a few weeks earlier, and eager to make the most of the short vacation preceding the next...
By Emmanuel Daraloye Amapiano, a variant of South African deep house music, is the new African wave. The sound went from being played in the projects to cracking the...
By David Adewusi Nigerian men have been consistently dragged by the beard on social media for being manifestly unable to express affection or exhibit romantic behavior”...
