Month: August 2022
How Young Nigerian Creatives are Coping with Inaccess to the Right Tools
"When I first started writing," says Destiny, a promising writer and voice-over artist from Nigeria, "it was simply a means of…
This Is How You Move On From Grief That Has Run It’s Course as a Comforter
Grief - the bitter pill we all have to swallow at one point or the other. Recall when you lost…
Onyeka Nwelue Believes Africa is a Graveyard of Wasted Dreams
The Nigerian filmmaker, publisher, talk-show host, bookseller, author, serial founder, and contemporary African literary heavyweight Onyeka Nwelue shares his thoughts…
Why I Never Want Kids of My Own Even Though I Love Children
My big sister welcomed her first child on a beautiful, bright Saturday morning. A tiny baby girl. Awake, she lies…
Islamophobia In One Of The Most Dangerous Countries For Christians
I come from a secular country with a profoundly religious society. After a busy day at work, I logged in…
Chidera Anikpe Asks His Mother About Death
Herein, Chidera discusses his new poem, "How To Love A Boy For Whom Blue Is Not Merely A Color." Please…
How To Love A Boy For Whom Blue Is Not Merely A Color
Deadness sits on his wrist;Thin slits of spilling redness; the life waterThat crawl onto his palmsAnd falls from his fingersBut…
From Afrobeat to Afro-x: A Brief Account of the Evolution of the Genre
Since the death of Nigerian instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Afrobeat music has taken on a whole new dimension.…
How the Patriarchy Wars Against the African Man’s Mental Health
We don't talk enough about the mental health of the African man, and how its fate depends on both archaic…
