Thandie Newton is bi-racial, and not Igbo
Thandi Newton choice as a female lead in the screen adaptation of "Half of a Yellow Sun" has some people upset.
Nigeria
The whole ‘Afrobeats’ thing
Afrobeats is broadly what most people think when they try to define black music in the UK. But it is hard to pin down.
Guinness for the people
Beer company Guinness’s new commercial “The Ticket,” made for its huge Nigerian market and first unveiled
Dissatisfied young people
Chika Unigwe has been at the forefront of solidarity efforts in support of the #OccupyNigeria protests. Tom Devriendt spoke to her.
Modern life in Lagos
Nigeria is surely too large and its art community too diverse for any claims for representativeness to be sincerely possible?
Nigeria's Prophet
By now you’ve probably watched the (British) Channel 4 TV documentary film about Nigeria’s millionaire preachers–the
On Brand Nigeria
A quick read of comments to recent posts defending gay rights, point to how deep-seated and widespread homophobia is in Nigeria.
Fighting somebody else's war
By Basia Lewandowska Cummings We British are very good at honoring the dead. Last Friday Prime
Music Break. Friday Bonus Edition, N°1
Girl Power is big among female West African pop singers. Or so recent music videos suggest.
Take me to your leader: Babatunde Fashola
The Governor of Lagos has larger ambitions than just governing Nigeria's and probably Africa's most vibrant megacity.
Found Objects No.14
“Judge Hatchett Discovers She Is Nigerian.” She even does accents. The Hausa gets mangled in the
‘The Art of El Anatsui’
Film Review by Elliot Ross* Making a film about an artist whose work is as beautiful
Nigerian Independence
Okay we’re a day late. (It’s Sean’s fault.) Happy Indpendence Day Nigeria. Your music industry is
Music Break / Nneka
Nneka‘s “Soul is Heavy” from her new album. Extras: Part 1 and Part 2.
'The Nigerian Jersey Shore'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Is90VKyLk Baylor University students (members of the campus African Studies Association) parodies those icons of 21st
Lady Gaga lives in Lagos
Goldie’s allusions to madness typify a common theme present in the music of many of today’s successful female artists.
Pleasurable Music
The second lives of Faaji Agba, a collective of octogenarian Nigerian musicians who perform a mix of Nigerians' favorite genres.
'I wanna be a Nigerian so freaking bad'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzbvPa5npmo&w=560&h=349] UPDATE: This video, “I wanna be a Nigerian so freaking bad,” by a group of