What Was It Like, Pre-Streaming? Since the industry came to life, each era in Nollywood has been marked by different modes of movie transmission, flowing from the dominant medium of the times. In the early 1990s, audiences trooped to rental shops to get their hands on video cassettes that contained…

Year Of Publication: 2021 Publisher: SCLK ISBN: 979–846–59133–3–1 Nigerian literature in the 1960s and 1970s had a lot of bright moments, but one of the striking attributes of books released in that era was the capacity to cater to multiple audiences and demographics. Chinua Achebe wrote classics like Arrow of…

A Talking Stage’s Playlist It’s 6.45am on this windy Saturday morning. The raindrops batter my windows without any signs of letting up, and the clouds outside tell me that the power cut won’t be rectified any time soon. Yewande, my female banker friend, posts a WhatsApp status update in the…

#Throwback Album Review: Falz Channels His Inner Fela In “Moral Instruction”, But Didactics Are Not Enough It was always going to come to this. For every “La Fete” there was a “Way”, for every “Soft Work” there was a “Wehdone Sir”, and even being a “Sweet Boy” wasn’t enough to…

Autumn Leaves In Johannesburg It’s 10am in Lagos — probably 11am someplace else — and I can’t be bothered to leave my bed. Power has just been restored, but I’m too lazy to change the channel. MTV Base is usually guilty of playing the same music every other hour, but…

#Throwback Album Review: Davido’s “A Good Time” Is Unpretentious In Its Cheesiness It’s been years since a post-pubescent David Adeleke, yet to celebrate his twentieth birthday at the time, screamed "e ma dami duro, ye, emi omo babalowo" in a sleek car under bright city lights, announcing his entry into…

Post-Parting Notes, Or “Me Trying To Explain Why I Always Leave” “If you want to know the moment I knew I was still alone I found that I never learned your number I only stored it on my phone you would think that by now I would know the shape…

With Her Impressive Debut EP, Ayra Starr Could Be Nigeria’s Own Aaliyah On July 11, 2019, Ayra Starr uploaded a video on Instagram, which had her closing her eyes as she rendered a raw, breathy cover of Tuface Idibia’s 2005 hit “Ole”. …

#Throwback Review: Fireboy DML Brilliantly Introduces Himself With Debut Album “Laughter, Tears And Goosebumps” (originally published in the Opera News Hub) The past fourteen months have been interesting for Fireboy DML. Since he got signed to Olamide’s YBNL label in October 2018, he’s had two hit singles that have been…