Slawn, born Olaoluwa Akeredolu-Ale, isn't a basic Nigerian artist. What he creates as art isn't his most impressive deliverable, either. Rightfully, he gets applauded for his achievements, but his provocation skill is what deserves lauds. Great art can be loud, though a panoply of colourful
My last trip to Kenya was my first time solo-hosting a group. As a travel guide, I was all too familiar with the 'process', and decided to avoid ‘trouble’ by boxing up my usual oldest shirt and sweatpants which I find awfully comfortable. I wore
Tropical Man Fall: The wind cries Wendy, as bodies resonate with its hypothermic rattles. The ground is a tapestry of yellows, shapeshifting as the wind demands, the sky obscured by yellow laden trees constantly waving hallelujahs. Wendy chills with the Michigan, as the wind seeks her Tropical man in a temperate land, brace up for the
August 5th marked another moment in the trajectory of A Billion Laughs monthly comedy shows. Hosted by Jesta, this event fielded a strong lineup of comics in Deemajor, Ebuka, Chaka and the headline act– Desmond. As usual, it is humour for people looking to escape
Joshua Akinwumi’s works are simply inspired by a need to convey the je ne sais quois that defines African art. The message evokes roots and its execution borders on contemporary and traditional– even when he wanders beyond photography and tries to use technology as a
They say the simplest things are sometimes too tedious to understand. There is the fact that all living things must die, and the saying that birds have wings for flight, and all birds have wings, but not all fly. I find the person of Chukwukere
Finding a Fine Balance Water was her first word. Clenching her lips to palatalize the word’s second sound with her soft voice, she would reach for a bottle of water or whatever seemed like water. But before she said water, she said love. In the love
Before Akpantanibo died, everyone knew it was only a matter of time; and in unanimous consensus, they felt when it happens, it would be his penis that did him in. So, when news hit the people on Mosadoloun street in the evening some of them
Teenage pregnancy is a recurring theme in the Nigerian experience. It is estimated that between 1.8 to 2.7 million women resort to abortion annually and it accounts for over 40% of maternal deaths recorded in the country. Behind the long list of complications that might
One must consider the ones who seem irrelevant in the embodiment of society, the ones we constantly do a disservice to by continually insisting on their transition towards our systemized conditioning for are we really perceiving with our endless disposition to intellect the mind that is seemingly infallible. Now I