Features and Essays

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…

How To Use A Friday Night

By Dami Ajayi   Lagos is the city of sin. It plays host to jaded…

The Evolution, Trajectory And Appreciation Of Rock Music In Nigeria

By Freddie Jacob   From colonial times, music has always been an important element in…

Show Dem Camp’s Clone Wars Series: A Decade Plus Of Consistent Rap Intervention

By Emmanuel Daraloye   Nigerian rap duo, Show Dem Camp,  are geared up for the…

WHY PETER TOSH, NOT BOB MARLEY, SHOULD BE REGARDED AS JAMAICA’S GREATEST EVER MUSICAL EXPORT

By Jerry Chiemeke   In February 2001, my mother was interred. By the fourth quarter…

WHY NIGERIANS THINK MR EAZI IS NO LONGER MUSICALLY RELEVANT - AND WHY THEY ARE VERY WRONG

By Jerry Chiemeke   The year was 2016. I was twenty-five, working at a job…