Features and Essays

Francis Duru
Francis Duru: The Legacy Beyond Ahanna

Francis Duru deserves to be remembered as a Nigerian actor who gave his working life…

African story
A Question of Power: The African Story in the Age of Algorithmic Constructions

When we hold the results of technological systems as absolute, systems that were not built…

Ṣẹwà
Who Is Ṣẹwà?

“I find my melody first, then I fill the melody with words. Sometimes I get…

Esther Adeola Seriki
The Journey Destination of Esther Adeola Seriki’s Photography

Since beginning her photographic practice in 2017, Esther Adeola Seriki has continued to move between…

Mama Deola
Mama Deola and the Trouble with Performing Womanhood

The question, then, is not whether Mama Deola accurately represents Nigerian women. She does not,…

Olu Jacobs
Olu Jacobs: The Lion Leaves the Frame

Perhaps the most fitting way to remember Olu Jacobs is not simply as a king,…

2026 Caine Prize Shortlist
Gynocentric Literature in Fivefold: On the 2026 Caine Prize Shortlist

If the Caine Prize can circulate its shortlist across all regions of Africa, it can…

2026 Caine Prize Shortlist
Variations on the Subject of Family: A Review of the 2026 Caine Prize Shortlist

In terms of quality, it might be one of the Caine Prize’s stronger shortlists in…

sexual abuse
Ask Your Brothers. Ask Them Their Stories, the Stories of Other Boys. Ask.

The misconception that men cannot be sexually abused, assaulted, or molested by women is entrenched…

Filmmaking
Filmmaking Within the Frame of Neglect

Infrastructure in Nigeria does not merely fail; it asserts itself as a constant condition, a…