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This Is How You Move On From Grief That Has Run It’s Course as a Comforter

Grief - the bitter pill we all have to swallow at one point or the other. Recall when you lost a high-value possession, a much deserved and sought-after proposal, or…

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A Miscellany of Art: Soul and Afro-folk in Contemporary Nigeria

In the complex fabric of Nigeria's cultural landscape, a unique fusion of…

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Meet Yusuf Ambursa, the poet building a community of emerging young creatives in Northern Nigeria

We spoke with Yusuf Ambursa, the founder of Caliphate Arts and Literary…

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Stop Telling a Fat Woman She Looks Beautiful and Brave

Fat is a term that holds a great deal of power for…

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How ‘Country Queen’ and ‘Nairobby’ Addresses the Ills of Present-day Kenya

Nairobby and Country Queen are two notable Kenyan films running on Netflix.…

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How to be Sad in an African Home (a 3-Step Guide to Gloom)

There is no way to say this without sounding ungrateful: being happy is overrated. I know this because I have…

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First Mover Significance and the Ingenuity of New Adopters in African Creative Industry

Stories have origins, but what converts them to history is the presence of continuous life. In biology, the cell theory,…

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Why I Never Want Kids of My Own Even Though I Love Children

My big sister welcomed her first child on a beautiful, bright Saturday morning. A tiny baby girl.  Awake, she lies…

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Islamophobia In One Of The Most Dangerous Countries For Christians

I come from a secular country with a profoundly religious society.  After a busy day at work, I logged in…

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Chidera Anikpe Asks His Mother About Death

Herein, Chidera discusses his new poem, "How To Love A Boy For Whom Blue Is Not Merely A Color." Please…

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From Afrobeat to Afro-x: A Brief Account of the Evolution of the Genre

Since the death of Nigerian instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Afrobeat music has taken on a whole new dimension.…

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How the Patriarchy Wars Against the African Man’s Mental Health

We don't talk enough about the mental health of the African man, and how its fate depends on both archaic…

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Is Hollywood Ever Going to Stop Viewing Africa Through Neocolonial Lenses?

Westerners have a long and continuous history of deliberately portraying the African continent as poverty-ridden and inferior. When you observe…

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Hacking Female Joy: 6 Ways Women Can Attain Well-Deserved Bliss

Women go through a lot daily, from the thinly veiled gender-biased dismissals of our opinions to choking anxiety about our…

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Notes on Grief” Shows Me that Grief is a Stranger

It's been roughly two years since the virus shook the world, and for a generation that is gung-ho about being…

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