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Features & Essays

African languages
Do African Languages Come From the Same Place?
Geoblocking
How Geoblocking and Cinema Scheduling Bias Undermine Distribution in Nollywood
Area Scatter
The Legend of Area Scatter: Enigmatic Musician or Misunderstood Individual?
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
The Life and Political Imaginations of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Dreadlocks
What’s Behind Nigeria’s Fear and Criminalisation of Dreadlocks?
JAMB
JAMB: Exam Body in Crisis or Symptom of a Broken Educational System?

Interviews

Blinky Bill
Blinky Bill: East Africa’s Quiet Radical
Red Circle
“Fortune Favours the Bold”: In Conversation With the Cast and Crew of “Red Circle”
Ife Olujuyigbe
In Conversation: Ife Olujuyigbe Talks Storytelling, the Realities of Producing, and Navigating Nollywood
Joel Kachi Benson
Joel Kachi Benson Just Wants to Make an Impact
Tolani
Tolani Is Creating Music on Her Own Terms
Dhee Sylvester
Dhee Sylvester: The Designer Revolutionising Nigerian Book Covers

Film & TV

Nome
ADIFF 2025: Sana Na N’Hada Examines the Cost of Freedom and the Weight of Memory in “Nome”
The Heart is a Muscle
“The Heart is a Muscle” Review: Imran Hamdulay’s Debut Feature Traces the Wounds We Inherit and the Ones We Try to Heal
Cotton Queen
S16 Film Festival 2025: Suzannah Mirghani Insists on Female Joy and Agency in Powerful Sudanese-Set Feature Debut, “Cotton Queen”
The Banjo Boys
ADIFF 2025: Johan Nayar’s “The Banjo Boys” is a Soul-Stirring Portrait of Music, Faith, and Survival
When Nigeria Happens
“When Nigeria Happens” Review: Young Nigerians Dance Through Dysfunction in Ema Edosio’s Theatrical Contemporary Dance Drama
Jason Jacobs
ADIFF 2025: In Conversation with the Filmmakers of South African Coming-of-Age Drama, “Carissa”

Music

The Torcher
“The Torcher” Review: Stonebwoy Proves His Pedigree on New Album
Spotlight
Afrocritik Weekly Music Spotlight: Mood Music
Healers Chapel
“Healers Chapel” Review: Wizard Chan’s Debut Is an Introspective and Soulful Sonic Balm
Èkó Groove
“Èkó Groove” Review: Spinall Assembles Star-Studded Cast on New Album
Wonderful
“Wonderful” Review: Tay Iwar Continues To Wow With New EP
Catharsis
“Catharsis” Review: Fola’s Debut Album Offers an Intimate Outpouring of Desire and Affection

VIDEOS

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Books

Macondo Literary Festival
Macondo Literary Festival 2025: East Africa’s Literary Vanguard Holds Its Fifth Edition
Nikki May
“It’s People You Belong To Rather Than Places”: In Conversation With Nikki May on Her Nigeria Prize for Literature Shortlist, “This Motherless Land”
This Motherless Land
Nikki May’s “This Motherless Land” Is a Poignant Novel of Loss, Love, and the Divisions of Living Between Two Worlds
Sanya
“Sanya” Review: Oyin Olugbile’s Debut Novel Is a Creative Retelling of Sango as a Woman Warrior
Petrichor
“Petrichor” Review: Ayo Oyeku’s Novel Is an Attempt to Probe the Meaning of Justice
The Middle Daughter
“The Middle Daughter” Review: Chika Unigwe Synthesises Form And Content Into Mesmerising Storytelling

Culture

AMVCA Cultural Day
10 Celebrities Who Slayed the 2025 AMVCA Cultural Day
Livestream
The Rise of Live-streaming in Nigerian Music Marketing
gambling
The Complex Relationship Between Football and Gambling
smart waste management in Japan
How Smart Waste Management Solutions Can Solve Africa’s Garbage Crisis
The Podcast Boom in Nigeria: An Era of Noise or Knowledge?
The Podcast Boom in Nigeria: An Era of Noise or Knowledge?
Bodyline Fitness & Gym
Top 10 Gyms in Lagos and Abuja

Fashion

Grammy

2026 Grammy Awards: How African Celebrities Brought the Fashion Heat to the Red Carpet

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AMVCA

2025 AMVCA: How the Stars Lit up the Night With Style

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AMVCA Cultural Day
10 Celebrities Who Slayed the 2025 AMVCA Cultural Day
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Met Gala
What Africa Wore to the Met Gala 2025: Fashion, Symbolism, and the Limits of Black Dandyism
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2025 Grammy
Bold, Regal, and Stylish: African Artistes at the 2025 Grammys
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Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards

Sports

Libya
Is It Time to Ban Libya From Hosting African Football Games?
Transformation in South African Cricket: Can Quotas Ensure Both Fairness and Excellence?
Eight-Second Rule
How IFAB’s New Eight-Second Rule Could Reshape African Football Tactics
Tems Joins San Diego FC’s ownership group
How Tems’ Stake in San Diego FC Bridges Music, Culture, and Sports
African football coaching
How Intra-Continental Cross-Border Coaching Appointments Are Redefining African Football
Cricket
Cricket Glory: Africa’s Rising Stars at the U19 World Cup

Explainers

Fiction & Poetry

Untitled Poem for a Boy Who Never Knew Love
Untitled Poem for a Boy Who Never Knew Love | By Stephen Nwankwo
Across the Border
Across the Border | Fiction by Bello Taiwo Victoria
two poems
“the village’s elegy” & “A sonnet is fighting absolution” | Poems by Josiane Kouagheu
poems
“Transit”, “Leaven”, & ”Arrive in Your Skeleton” | Poems by Abiodun Salako
Homecoming
HOMECOMING | Fiction by Chukwuebuka Obiakaeze
Two poems
“Ancestry” & “The Cathedral” | Poems by Chimezie Umeoka