Global climate change policy differs from whatever standpoint one regards it. For example, China makes up 32% of global manufacturing production in the world, so its greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel usage are driven very much by its industries, as well as the remarkable increase in household incomes over the past few decades. In the US, fossil fuels made up 96% of energy use in the country even with the gains made in the availability of solar and wind power over the past decade, driven also by vehicle use and industry. Africa, on the other hand, does not use…
It’s been more than a month, I shouldn’t have left you without a dope Three to step to. No vex. Here goes, three things that caught my eye this past month in the cultural multiverse. Previous editions here and here.
What Old Nollywood Tells Us About Love, Money, and Gender Roles
One of my favorite pop culture things right now is the revival of older Nollywood films through social media accounts like Yung Nollywood, YoruNolly and Area Babes and Ashewo Superstars. …
Happy New Year! It’s been a long time. I shouldn’t have left you without a dope edition to step to. No vex.
Here you are. Start the year with me. Previous editions here and here.
Six Top Cultural Moments of 2019
A lot happened last year, didn’t it? Nigeria had an election that feels so long ago now. #MeToo made the news abroad and in Nigeria, with stories highlighting abuses of power in our religious institutions and in schools. Rema and Peruzzi blew up. We all became Marlians (well, some of us anyway). Netflix produced a Nigerian film with Genevieve…
Every month, I write about the books, music, movies, and other cultural happenings that interest me. Previous editions here and here.
Moral Clarity and Nigerian Popular Culture
Do you remember the 2017 spat between 9ice and Falz? 9ice had just dropped Living Things, and Falz around the same time used an interview to condemn Nigerian artists who glorify Nigerian scams. Falz got a fair bit of a heat for his comments online and off. …
Every month, I write about the books, music, movies, and other cultural happenings that interested me. Previous editions here and here.
On Beauty, Liminal Spaces, and Re-Imagination of Collective Life
I have been doing a fair amount of reading lately, and Saidiya Hartman’s Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval is among the more remarkable recent reads. She basically recreates Black American life in the early twentieth century in a way that is thoughtful, painstakingly detailed, and with moving creative imagination. …
Every month, I write about three things that caught my eye in the culture universe. Previous editions here and here. This is lucky no. 6.
A Sense of Place
I was addicted to Salt, Fat, Acid and Heat for awhile, and a big part of why is how much I enjoyed watching chef/writer/host Samin Nosrat dissolves, salt-like, into every setting she’s in. In Mexico, Japan, Italy and in the US, she does not take us around. Rather than marvel at the “otherness” of any of these places, she holds up instead how people in these places truly live. She speaks…
Every month, I write about three things that caught my eye in the culture universe. Social stuff, music stuff, books stuff. Previous editions here and here. Here is Mambo no. 5. If you get that reference, I like you already.
Race in Nigeria
I’ve really gotten into Panashe Chigumadzi’s work recently. She wrote “These Bones Will Rise Again” which I think does wonderful work to make room for oft-unheard — women, rural — perspectives on a nation’s history. It’s a slim book (It took me a few days only because I’m a painfully slow reader nowadays) that challenges us to seek out perspectives…
I write about a few pop culture happenings that caught my eye. Previous editions here and here. This is the fourth edition.
A Conversation with Oyinkan Braithwaite
If you read the previous edition of The Three, you know that I loved Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer. Imagine how stoked I was to get her to agree to an interview and answer some questions on the book for me. She’s a real star. Our conversation is below.
Thanks so much for agreeing to speak with me! First, I’m curious. What was the process of writing ‘My Sister, The Serial Killer’ like? …
Every month, I write about a few pop culture happenings that caught my eye. Previous editions here and here. This is lucky number three.
Us too
These last few years, women everywhere seem to be recalibrating their relationships to the societies they live in. Just like the wider #MeToo movement, women from the northern part of Nigeria are using #ArewaMeToo hashtag to share experiences of and raise awareness on gender-based violence in northern Nigeria. #ArewaMeToo started when Khadija Adamu’s thread detailing the intimate partner violence she experienced in 2017 inspired hundreds of others to come forward. …
Every month, I’ll write about three pop culture things I dis/liked. Could be anything — a book, an album, a TV show, a movie, a dish, anything. I’ll try and keep this a politics-free space, but no promises. As you can see, I barely managed it this edition.
First installment here. Here’s the second.
Politically-Conscious Naija Rap
Besides performing at political rallies as usual and even the odd run for office (of which Banky W is far from the first), Nigerian entertainers have been busy this election season. Davido waded into the political waters, throwing his considerable weight behind his…
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