Features and Essays

Tems’ BET Win is a Glimpse into the Future of African Music, and African Women in Music

Tems saw that the future of music was embedded in the vocal chords of artistes…

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Is the New Wave of the Corset Changing the Way Women View Their Bodies?

These days, women no longer wear corsets for the male gaze, as opposed to how…

Reconciling the Loss of the Mother Tongue, and Learning to Speak It Again

To also create an inclusive digital environment, technology now incorporates local languages. Recently, Google Translate…

TikTok Is Bringing Down Obstacles to Music Promotion; But It Is Also Creating New Ones

TikTok needs more influencers who are prominent, can shift trends, and lower the paywall for…

Why Nigerian Parents Hate Headphones

Nigerian parents loathe that individualism, disliking even more the privacy that comes with it. Really,…

Are African Wives Doing Away with the Sacrocancy in Domestic Cooking?
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Domestic Cooking as an activity is undervalued because it is not considered real work, even…

From Hood Boy to Billionaire Dreams, What Does Jeriq’s Rise Represent for the Nigerian Trap Culture?

Jeriq has come to represent, for the streets of Iyoo, what Nas represented in the…

Female-Engineered Domestic Violence is as Wrong As its Gender Flipside

People are unlikely to think about the possibilities of a man being a victim of…

The “Umuada” is Striking Newer Chords in Cultural Dynamism and Feminism in Igboland

As a result of globalisation, the Umuada has broken into units and expanded all across…

10 Activists in Africa and the Diaspora Changing the LGBTQ+ Narrative

By Sybil Fekurumoh At present, there are only about 29 countries that recognise same-sex marriages…