On March 1, Playwrights at Terra Academy for the Arts attempted, once again, to prod at the complexities of Nigerian society through live theatre. Terra Kulture played host to Laali and Bottom Power, two works that, while stylistically distinct, share a deep concern for the ways women navigate a world designed to contain them. […]
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The 97th Academy Awards celebrated the best in cinema on March 2, 2025, with Sean Baker’s Anora emerging as the big winner. The coveted Best Picture award was bestowed upon the trite narrative about a Brooklyn sex worker who ensnares the progeny of a Russian oligarch. Sean Baker, the auteur behind this tale, garnered Best […]
New Music Friday is here, and this week brings a stacked lineup of releases across Afrobeats, R&B, rap, and beyond. Mavin star Magixx fully steps into his own with his debut album I Dream In Color, a genre-fluid collection, after months of teasing. UK-based Afro-fusion collective NSG also arrive with their new album The […]
Live theatre returns to the stage at Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos, on March 1, 2025, with another iteration of TALP X, an ongoing initiative by the Terra Academy for the Arts dedicated to platforming stage plays in Nigeria. This edition of the production presents Laali and Bottom Power, both running in two segments with […]
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The LVMH Prize, now in its twelfth edition, has named its 2025 semi-finalists, and among them are four designers from Africa and the diaspora: Tolu Coker, Torishéju Dumi, David Boyedoe, and Yasmin Mansour. View this post on Instagram A post shared by LVMHPrize (@lvmhprize) Torishéju Dumi, a London-born designer of Nigerian-Brazilian heritage, […]
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