Obase-Sam Ikoi
Out of Sight - Out of Mind
Academy

Features & Essays

essay
A Voyage and An Exploration: What An Essay Is
Skincare
Skin Is Skinning: How Nigeria’s Skincare Culture Became a Movement and a Market
The Yoruba Traitor as Political Construction: A Response to Sam Omatseye’s “The Yoruba Traitors”
nigerian novels
Interior Is a Country: On Nigerian Novels and the Limits of the Screen
Ernest Jesuyemi
The Poet’s Convenient Martyrdom (A Rejoinder to Ernest Jesuyemi’s “The Wrong Kind of Black Poet”)
Children of Blood and Bone
[Opinion]: Who and What Does the “Children of Blood and Bone” Film Adaptation Really Represent?

Interviews

Pede Hollist
“Certainty Is the Prerogative of Those With the Power to Exclude and Reject”: Pede Hollist on Displacement, Diaspora, and the Stories We Carry
DJ Jimmy Jatt
Inside the Mind and Legacy of DJ Jimmy Jatt
Jordy Sank
Joburg Film Festival 2026: Jordy Sank Reflects on Xenophobia, Social Justice, and Stylistic Choices In “Amazeze (Fleas)”
Sandulela Asanda
BFI Flare 2026: In Conversation With Sandulela Asanda, Director of “Black Burns Fast”
Moges Ababu Belachew
Joburg Film Festival 2026: Moges Ababu Belachew Talks “Mother Country” and Ethiopia’s Fragile Socio-Political Landscape
Ike Okonta
“The Situation in Africa Today Is So Urgent”: Ike Okonta on Fiction, Journalism, and Diagnosing the Nigerian Condition

Film & TV

African Cinema Classics
20 African Cinema Classics That Help Us Understand the Forces Shaping Africa Today
Ọ̀kànjúwà
“Ọ̀kànjúwà” Review: Inkblot and FilmOne Throw a Mediocre Party with Elementary Moral Lessons
Ben’Imana
Cannes Film Festival 2026: Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo Asks the Hard Questions About Forgiveness, Healing and Trauma in Riveting Debut Feature, “Ben’Imana”
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
Cannes Film Festival 2026: Arie and Chuko Esiri’s “Clarissa” Struggles to Conjure Nigerian Spirit in Reimagination of Virginia Woolf Classic
Bride of the Year
“Bride of the Year” Review: This South African Romcom Doesn’t Take Itself Seriously
African Filmmaking
African Filmmaking at the Crossroads of Oscars Reform and AI Ethics

Music

Barely Legal
“Barely Legal” Review: Qing Madi Hits Full Stride on New EP
Spotlight
Afrocritik Music Spotlight: May on the Mind
Map of Her Shadow
“Map of Her Shadow” Review: Anaïs Cardot Dazzles Softly on Sophomore EP
Before The Morning Light
“Before The Morning Light” Review: Johnny Drille Expands His Prowess on New Album
4 Da Streets
“4 Da Streets!” Review: Uncle Waffles and Royal MusiQ Connect With Amapiano’s Roots on New Collaborative Project
DJ
Who Are the DJs Really Soundtracking the Everyday Lives of Nigerians?
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VIDEOS

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Books

escapist fiction
20 Notable Escapist African Fiction of the Last Ten Years
Born at the End of the World
Love in a Time of Terror: A Review of Donica Merhazion’s “Born at the End of the World”
Nigerian Literature
The Endless Work of Culture Positioning: The Challenge for Nigerian Literature
Mubanga Kalimamukwento
In Conversation: Mubanga Kalimamukwento Talks “The Shipikisha Club” and Reclaiming the Place of Zambian Languages
political novels
The Best 15 African Political Novels of the Last Decade
Pede Hollist
“Certainty Is the Prerogative of Those With the Power to Exclude and Reject”: Pede Hollist on Displacement, Diaspora, and the Stories We Carry

Culture

Culture
Nigeria’s Creative Industries: Why Money Cannot Fix Culture
Igbo
Traditional Leadership and Its Mirroring: What the Igbo Unlanded Kingship Means
AI
Who Owns African Culture in the Age of AI?
The Afrocritik Report 2025
The Afrocritik Report 2025: Note From the Editor-in-Chief
Akwete
The Akwete Renaissance and the Politics of Nigerian Fast Fashion
Kissing
The Performance of Purity: Nollywood, Kissing and Nigeriaʼs Faux Conservatism

Fashion

AMVCA

AMVCA 2026: The Best Celebrity Red Carpet Looks of the Night

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Met Gala

Met Gala 2026: How African Celebrities Showed Up on Fashion’s Biggest Stage

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Grammy
2026 Grammy Awards: How African Celebrities Brought the Fashion Heat to the Red Carpet
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AMVCA
2025 AMVCA: How the Stars Lit up the Night With Style
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AMVCA Cultural Day
10 Celebrities Who Slayed the 2025 AMVCA Cultural Day
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Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards

Sports

John Obi Mikel
NFF Presidency: Can John Obi Mikel Effectively Lead Nigerian Football?
Ghizlane Chebbak
Ghizlane Chebbak and the CAF Awards Debate: Was Merit Ignored?
Nigerian Football
Same Grievance, Different Year: The Endless Cycle of Unpaid Bonuses in Nigerian Football
Merchandise
Ignoring Africa’s Sports Merchandise Market Is Costing Clubs Millions
World Cup
Africa’s 2026 World Cup Qualifiers Explained: Standings, Withdrawals, and the Playoff Route
Football
What Exactly Is Happening to Nigerian Men’s Football?

Explainers

east africa
No East African Nation Has Ever Qualified for a FIFA World Cup. Here’s Why
buy-out fees
What Buy-Out Fees Really Mean and Why They Matter for Producers
360 deals
Understanding 360 Deals in Today’s Music Industry
Black Box
The Black Box in Music Royalties: Why African Artistes Are Missing Out on Their Money
splits
Music Splits Explained: Who Gets What From a Song and Why It Matters
royalties
Royalties 101: How Music Actually Makes Money

Fiction & Poetry

Beast of No Nation
“Beast of No Nation” and “Almajiri Girl” | Poems By Paul Chibuike Emenike
poems
Lyrical Ceremonies: On Poems by Agbaakin, Okigbo, and Umukoro
Fisherboy: An Abecedarian
“Fisherboy: An Abecedarian” | By Felix Eshiet
At the World’s Edge
“At the World’s Edge” and Other Poems | By John Chinaka Onyeche
Oli Wa Wa
“Oli Wa Wa?” | Short Story By Innocent Baluge
Onyekachi Iloh, Yomi Folaranmi, and Gboyega Odubanjo
“Three Hymns”: On Poems by Onyekachi Iloh, Yomi Folaranmi, and Gboyega Odubanjo