Politics of Happiness Nollywood in Nigeria’s Crisis of Happiness
The culture of happiness is the most powerful and pervasive agent in Nigeria today, and Nollywood is one of its biggest curators. Read more.
Boluwatife Akinro
‘Writing is a Work of Care and hope.’ Boluwatife Akinro's First Draft
Nigerian author, Boluwatife Akinro wants more critical thought about Nigerian pop culture. Read our interview.
The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe Reclaiming Africa's Past, Writing Its Present, Shaping Its Future
Achebe had a keen grasp of how language demonstrated power, how power determined what was considered knowledge, and how this knowledge could become truth.
Creating Africa Africa in the Global Contest of Looking and Representation
In the global contest of looking, Africa has not been granted equal status. We stand apart as the Other, stared at, looked down upon, and most times, lacking the vantage point to return the gaze.
Art as Protest What the Black Arts Movement Can Teach Today’s Artists
The legacy of the Black Arts movement teaches that art need not singularly perform the function of the aesthetic or of utility.
Boluwatife Akinro
is a student of cultural studies and a PhD candidate at the Bonn Centre for Dependency and Slavery Studies, Germany.