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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…