Osun State And The Church
Why would the government of Osun State build a church? Why would any government build a place of worship, at all? In today’s plural, interconnected spaces, I cannot conceive of[…]
Culture and Society · Essays · opinion
Beyonce’s “Back-that-*ss-Up” Feminism
Maybe I should be grateful to Beyonce for giving African feminists a trojan horse delivery method for our most subversive ideas: juxtaposed to an overtly sexual personage, inoculating the listener against both the anti-feminism of the image and the actual power and import of the feminist message.
From Nnewi To The World: With Apologies, My Alternative Auto Policy
I know I know. Yoruba people say you shouldnt go back to say ‘Good evening’ in a place where you have already said ‘Good night’. I did in fact promise[…]
Six Million Dreamers, with Eyes Wide Open – Eloho Omowande Omame
My friend Ifeanyi Uddin challenged me to write, so I write. I feel honoured that he would indulge a guest post from me, although I am unconvinced that my thoughts[…]
The Bogobiri Chronicles
Dec 20. Morning pages. Bogobiri open mic last night with Victoria. When we leave to head back to the mainland from Ikoyi at 10:15pm, she mentions that the security[…]
Reality Check on Fiscal Policy in Nigeria – Ayo Teriba
A careful reading of the ‘2014-2016 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper: Supporting Growth and Employment Generation’, raises some grave concerns about Nigeria’s fiscal policy. All that one[…]
Arts · Essays · opinion · Writing
Be Your Own Binyavanga
“Don’t be a fucking victim. You can’t be living in the age of Google and cheap internet where you can find out the resources available to you as a young African writer through the social network and other avenues, waiting for your father to make the policy or arrangements for you is immoral. In fact it is evil. It’s your job to make it.”
Issue #24: Curtain Call 2013
In the last couple of days, I have received requests from readers and contributors to revisit the most popular issue we published in 2013. It is an intervention that I’ve[…]
Situation Highlife
by Dami Ajayi I Awe, jaw-slackening awe, was what Iyinolu experienced when he walked into his first Lagos banquet in an old batik shirt, faded denim jeans and a borrowed[…]
