Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has been hired to write the script for Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming 007 installment at Amazon MGM Studios, per variety.com. The news marks a major step forward for the highly anticipated film,...
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Modola, Milan-raised, Lagos-inspired artiste born Temidola Awosika, has burst onto the music...
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Stuck between Faith and Frustration: A Review of Hail Mary by Funmi Fetto -Akumbu Uche
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Kemi Adetiba’s ‘To Kill a Monkey” has every ingredient that makes for an engaging crime thriller; tension, intrigue, impressive visuals, layered characters, high stakes, tight pacing, heightened soundtracks and narrative density.
Francois wants the head for its priceless historical value and for the feeling of power it accords. This leads to the relentless cycle of death and violence that ensues, signifying how greed and power always spill over to cause havoc. This is further amplified by the existence of corruption and lawlessness in places that should be pillars of justice.
They are ‘traps’ which the viewers should not be able to easily detect, and they must truly inspire misdirection and doubt. Without this apparent sense of jeopardy, a murder mystery loses its capacity to elicit and maintain tension.
Musically, the album is a buffet with an impressive menu. Burna revisits his early dancehall roots with Leriq, then jumps into trap with Travis Scott, mixes Afrobeats and country music with Shaboozey, goes full rockstar mode with Mick Jagger, before linking up with Stromae for some Francophone flavour
Burna Boy's collaboration with Shaboozey on the Afro-country track “Change Your Mind” brings a refreshing twist to the uneven album. This track stands out for its soft and heartfelt mood. It's one of the album's rare instances where the innovation truly springs from deep emotion rather than just genre-mixing flair.
Baddo’s Song’ with the South African musical duo Jazzworx and Thukuthela, a supposed homage to rapper-singer Olamide, does a disservice to his towering reputation in the Nigerian music scene. Why collaborate with artists not attuned to Nigerian street-pop or Olamide's musical brilliance and influences on a tribute song?
In her colourful descriptions, there are hints of Fetto’s second career as a fashion journalist. (She is the style editor at British Vogue and the author of Palette, a beauty bible for black women.) Like Erving Goffman who penned The Presentation of Self, Fetto’s radar is attuned to how people employ clothes and cosmetics in crafting their personal narratives and the varying results.
A memoir is a deeply personal journey into memory, an intimate telling of a life, not in its entirety, but in fragments: those moments that cling to the heart and shape the soul. It is a selective reflection, offering the...
Central to the book is the influence of parental relationships on one’s understanding of love and identity. The narrative unpacks how experiences with earthly parents can either illuminate or distort perceptions of God. Cultural expectations around motherhood, religious commitment, and respect are interwoven throughout, revealing how societal norms can simultaneously comfort and complicate the grieving process.
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