Not that it was under much doubt, but there’s a certain inevitability that by 2027, Nigeria’s perennial presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar will once again be on the ballot paper when the citizenry decides in the country’s eighth general election since the return of democracy in 1999. About two years after his fifth consecutive unsuccessful shot […]
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To begin with, that your parents worked two jobs to send you to a private university does not quite make your story one of poverty, because no matter how many meals were skipped or how many sacrifices were made, the ability to make those sacrifices in the first place already sets your family apart. Millions […]
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UnitedMasters Africa has released Most Likely, a 12-track compilation album spotlighting emerging African and diaspora artists. The project was born from a three-day recording camp held in Lagos earlier this year, focused on collaboration, mentorship, and creative development. The camp brought together 12 rising artists from across the continent and the diaspora, who worked […]
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The thing with storytelling — whether through film, literature, music or art — is that the originality of your tale often takes second place to the way you tell it. More often than not, someone else has told the story you are trying to tell; someone will tell it again. What distinguishes your work is […]
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When Femi Adesina, former presidential spokesperson, recently said that former President Muhammadu Buhari could have died a long time ago if he had relied on Nigerian hospitals, he reignited the troubling conversation around medical tourism. “If he had said, ‘I will do my medicals in Nigeria’ just as a show-off or something, he could have […]
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This week, the conversation is dominated by blockbuster collaborations that continue to blur global music boundaries. Shallipopi’s single “Laho” has proven to be an unstoppable force; after a massive initial remix with Burna Boy, the track finds new life once again, this time with a feature from Puerto Rican superstar Rauw Alejandro on “Laho III.” […]
Burna Boy’s last trilogy of albums starting from 2019’s African Giant and ending with 2022’s Love, Damini, cemented his artistry across the globe and led to the superstardom Burna Boy had warned us all that he was capable of, churning out hit after hit with alarming accuracy and consistency while maintaining the outlook of Afrobeats […]
Climbing out of the long shadow of a fifteen-year hiatus, Clipse — the brothers Pusha T and No Malice — returned to a rap scene that’s been fundamentally altered with a new album, Let God Sort Em Out. Pusha T never really left. He’s spent the last ten years refining the art of menace in […]
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Grammy-winning Nigerian megastar Burna Boy has issued an apology for his 2023 statement that the Afrobeats genre is “mostly about nothing” and lacks lyrical substance. The artist, who has long dubbed his own music “Afro-fusion,” expressed remorse during a recent interview, citing a past lack of understanding and personal struggles. The initial comments, made […]
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To understand the world today, especially from the position of Black and African people, it is necessary to read politically and historically. The world we live in is layered with systems of power. White supremacy sits at the centre, upheld by colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism. Patriarchy moves through it, showing up in everyday violences: lookism, […]
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Drake wrapped up his three-night Wireless Festival takeover on July 13 with a finale that shifted focus from surprise appearances to a celebration of global Black music. Though lighter on guests than the previous two nights, the performance leaned into dancehall and Afrobeats, featuring standout moments from Vybz Kartel, Burna Boy, Spice, Popcaan and a […]
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Nigeria’s former president and military ruler, Muhammadu Buhari, has died at age 82 in London, according to a statement released today by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu. Buhari, who governed Nigeria as a military head of state from December 1983 to August 1985 and later as a democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023, had been […]
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