Features and Essays

From Mixing Sounds In Church To Making Socially-Conscious Music: The Story Of Papyfire

By Fatiat Saliu  For Ibidapo-Obe Oluwaseun, professionally known as Papyfire,  music is the blood that runs…

Sound Sultan: Journey Well, Naija Ninja

By Emmanuel Daraloye BODMAS, a mathematical equation, serves as the muse for Sound Sultan’s break-out…

Here Is My Life, A Time Capsule For Grief

By John Chizoba Vincent Each time I remember my father, I grieve. I am not…

Do You Want To Listen To Nigerian Songs While Having Sex? Here’s A Playlist For You

By Fatiat Saliu When I pitched the idea of a Naija-centric sex playlist to my…

Meet Boom General, The Genre-Bending Artiste Eager To Dominate Nigerian Music

By Fatiat Saliu   As his professional name suggests, there’s a lot of booming and bass…

How Music Influences The Direction Of Global Politics

By Tykiva Unuma Music is one of the most beautiful and powerful elements of human…

Why The Music Of Johnny Drille Resonates With Nigeria’s Hopeless Romantics

By Jerry Chiemeke   It’s December 30, 2020. A dimly lit studio plays host to…

Has Filmmaking In Nollywood Gone To The Dogs?

By Michael Kolawole   The pendulum of Nollywood is swinging back to the early ’90s…

Nollywood And The Need To Pay More Attention To Short Films

By Jerry Chiemeke Less is more. Yes, we hear that very often, but it has…

Nollywood Needs Its Low-Budget Movies. Here Is Why.

By Jerry Chiemeke Before DVDs and blu-ray, there were video CDs, and before those, there…