On the 23 January, Oliver Mtukudzi, the great Zimbabwean musician whose brand of popular music…
Popular Culture
Lionheart Review: Genevieve Nnaji plays it Safe in Netflix Debut
A few years ago I interviewed Genevieve Nnaji for the Africa Report. One of the…
Review: Divinations of worlds to come (works by Caribbean artists Hervé Beuze & David Gumbs)
Showing in the intimate South London gallery, The Agency, which houses both a gallery…
Whose music moved Lagos the most in 2018? Burna Boy’s
Dance is an integral part of cities, like Lagos, which is in constant motion. The…
Poverty Die: The unusual genius of the Olamide Chorus
One of the few unpopular Olamide songs has quite the uncanny chorus. I refer to…
This is America portrays an artist wrestling with the straight-jacket of Black Masculinity
Childish Gambino’s song and its accompanying video broke the internet and been hailed as…
Why South African artist Esther Mahlangu’s doctorate is a big deal
In the same month that South Africa lost its most famous female leader in the…
Esther’s Revenge: An intimate slice of murder at Lagos Theatre Festival 2018
Based on a true story, Esther’s Revenge, shown at the Lagos Theatre Festival struck an…
“Akinwande’s Power Show: An erratically electric show of artistic force and intelligence”
The “Power Show” – Ayo Akinwande’s solo show at Omenka Gallery takes Nigeria’s tortured relationship…
