On any given weekend in Lagos, the city’s rhythm pulsates to the beat of Afrobeat. From the barbershops in the corner to upscale lounges in Ikoyi, from dusty streets to…
Africa’s pan-national institutions, from the African Union (AU) to regional blocs like ECOWAS and the East African Community (EAC), aim to foster unity and self-reliance. Yet, their heavy reliance on…
Nigeria’s infrastructure boom promised transformation: new roads, revived railways, and modernized airports. But beneath the fanfare of ribbon-cuttings and glossy blueprints lies a darker reality, bloated contracts, opaque deals, and…
When Miriam Makeba won a Grammy in 1966 alongside Harry Belafonte for An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba, she didn’t just make history, she shattered a global barrier. Makeba, fondly known as…
Eze has been at home for ten years. A decade after completing Nigeria’s mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), he remains unemployed despite countless applications to government agencies and private…
Keita Salif, the legendary Malian singer and songwriter, stands as a towering figure in African music, whose voice has carried the rhythms and stories of the continent to global audiences.…
Nathan Yashim remembers the smell of burning flesh more vividly than the screams. At dawn on a January morning, gunmen stormed his village in Southern Kaduna, shooting and slashing through…
China has announced its readiness to remove all tariffs on imports from the 53 African countries with which it maintains diplomatic relations. The pledge, made during a recent China-Africa cooperation…
In Kamuru, a remote village located in Zangon Kataf area in Kaduna state, Bitrus sits on a broken bench at the local health centre. He has been sick for days,…
It is Friday night in New York, where a DJ spins Burna Boy in the club. Across the world in Tokyo, a Netflix viewer binge-watches Shanty Town, while in Paris,…