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Coming of Age Amidst Political Instability and Western Influence Book Review: The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro

Kenechukwu NwokediMay 18, 2023

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, a novel by Stephen Buoro, deftly navigates the tension between what informs desire and the instinct to shirk it. The novel aims to highlight the complexities of living in a country like Nigeria through the perspective of a malleable teenager full of promise.

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The Gravitational Pull of Hilda Baci From Online Culinary Sensation to Guinness World Record Holder?

Peace Yetunde OnafuyeMay 17, 2023

What drew Nigerians to Hilda Baci's cooking marathon wasn’t just the possible triumph of a new world record but the allure of audacious hope.

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Sampling and the ‘New Fela’ Complex Is the Ethical Preservation of Black Music Possible?

Zainab KukuMay 16, 2023

The ethical preservation of Black music is an attempt at remembering our varied musical histories and treating such histories with respect. By sampling indigenous music and celebrating the impact of Black legacy acts, many artists are currently demonstrating the importance of preserving, understanding or displaying an interest in the musical contexts which inform their work.

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Homecoming Delayed President Buhari Stalls the Return of Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Yusuf OmotayoMay 14, 2023

The planned return of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria by the University of Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has been postponed over a gazette signed by President Muhammadu Buhari giving the Oba of Benin authority over the bronzes.

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Ekweremadu Goes to Jail The Latest on the Ekweremadu ‘Organ Harvesting’ Conspiracy

Yusuf OmotayoMay 8, 2023

Following an organ harvesting scandal, Ike Ekeweremadu, Beatrice Ekweremadu and a doctor, Obinna Obeta, have become the first people convicted under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act.

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A Valiant but Flawed Effort to Gauge the Worth of a Life Book Review: People Live Here by TJ Benson

Edwin OkoloMay 4, 2023

People Live Here by TJ Benson is a novel that will inspire conversation because of its novelty and its ambition, but it will also inspire a lot of divisive commentary because of its stylistic choices and less than stellar execution.

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Bullish Markets How Technology Can Revolutionize Nigeria’s Livestock Industry

Oluwole HammondMay 3, 2023

Technology can play an important role in transforming Nigeria's livestock industry by improving productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. By leveraging innovative solutions, the technical, socioeconomic, and security problems prevalent in the livestock sector in Nigeria can be addressed, boosting the overall productivity and competitiveness of the sector.

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‘I Don’t Think in Yoruba’ Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Enduring Politics of Local Languages

Tito KolawoleMay 2, 2023

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour's experience of the Lagos state election raised several questions, including: do non-fluent Yoruba people face a cultural catch-22? Are they confined to either ridicule if they speak Yoruba or to coming across as out of touch if they don't?

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Beyond the Polls Was 25 February A Proxy Referendum on Nationhood?

David Momoh-AbrahamApril 27, 2023

No presidential election has ever been overturned by Nigeria’s courts, but many strongly believe that 2023 may be the exception. Beyond the winner-takes-all royal rumble that may now ensue before an electoral tribunal, there is the larger existential question that hangs over the fate of the nation.

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Hot Outside Africa in the Face of a Worsening Climate Crisis

Hillary EssienApril 25, 2023

While the details of the loss and damage fund are deliberated upon, Africa continues to be battered by the effects of a rapidly warming planet. The aftermath of extreme weather events like Cyclone Freddy of 2023 on African lives and property is a real-time instance of loss and damage.

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