Features and Essays

Kenyan poetry
The Layers of Kenyan Poetry: From Resistance to Confession

The territory of Kenyan poetry has contracted from the nation to the self, and the…

Afrobeats
The Afrobeats Takeover: A Myth of Institutional Power

Being invited to perform in a house is not the same as holding the deed.…

June 12
Should We Actually Celebrate June 12 As Nigeria’s Democracy Day?

If June 12 means anything, it cannot simply be that Nigerians once demanded democracy. It…

Jamir Nazir
[Opinion] Jamir Nazir’s Commonwealth-Winning Story “The Serpent in the Grove”: A Beautifully Told Story or an AI Mash-Up Job?

Can we say that between the prize and the story and Jamir Nazir, there is…

African Filmmaking
African Filmmaking at the Crossroads of Oscars Reform and AI Ethics

For African cinema, the pathway expansion is a blessing in disguise at first glance. It…

EndSars
The Comment Section Republic: Where Does the Nigerian Anger Go?

Expression and accountability are not the same thing, and the architecture of every major social…

essay
A Voyage and An Exploration: What An Essay Is

The essayist must take a position: political neutrality is hardly a thing that makes a…

Skincare
Skin Is Skinning: How Nigeria’s Skincare Culture Became a Movement and a Market

The straw of the thriving skincare business in Nigeria could also be traced to the…

The Yoruba Traitor as Political Construction: A Response to Sam Omatseye’s “The Yoruba Traitors”

Institutionally, it is perhaps best ethical if Sam Omatseye and The Nation pay silence to…

nigerian novels
Interior Is a Country: On Nigerian Novels and the Limits of the Screen

Nigerian novels are not unfinished blueprints awaiting visual realisation. They are finished architectures of thought.…