Features and Essays

Afrocritik’s 40 Notable African Essays of 2025
Afrocritik’s 40 Notable Essays from Africa in 2025

Within the contemporary cultural ferment in Africa, where art—in all its variegated forms—has taken centre…

Meja Mwangi
The Life and Works of Meja Mwangi, Kenya’s Great Chronicler

The late Meja Mwangi’s work insisted that literature espouses life. It cannot hold every detail,…

holy hustle
Sanctified Sleeplessness: Nigeria’s Addiction to Holy Hustle

The spiritualisation of hustle functions, in part, as a theodicy: a way to explain suffering…

Enugu Photo Festival
Enugu Photo Festival: Architectural Ruins and the Death of Preservation

One of the benefits of architectural preservation is not only to safeguard the timeless aesthetics…

Perliks
How Perliks Became Nigeria’s Most Story-Driven Music Video Director

“So even years from now, I want people to watch my videos and still feel…

reading
How Should We Read? Akpata Magazine and the Reading Debate

Concentration happens on different levels. The human brain is on a diverse spectrum, and people…

The Milkmaid
The Cuts of Speaking Truth in Nigerian Cinema

Should filmmakers be bound by the constraints of censorship, or should they be free to…

Wizkid
How Wizkid Redefined Nigeria’s Sonic Landscape With “Made In Lagos”

It has been five years since Made in Lagos first graced our ears, yet it…

beef
Has Nigerian Hip-Hop Found Its Mojo Again?

Listeners still crave the wordplay, punchlines, creativity, and raw artistry that make rap magnetic. More…

NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature
The Cuttings of 2025: Are African Literary Prizes Out of Touch?

The death of literary criticism is the death of literary culture in the most literal…