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Shaitan: Telekinesis and Arodan Review – Michael Kolawole
...Brymo returns with a two-in-one album
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Heinneken University is a satirical lament for Nigerian education – Sima Essien
Esomnofu Ebelenna, Heinneken University, Idemili Books, 2026, 312 pp
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Lyrically, the album resists tidy interpretation. Shallipopi prefers suggestion to clarity, repetition to exposition. Phrases loop until they begin to feel hypnotic, as though meaning might eventually reveal itself through repetition an observation that one might also make about Omah Lay. It may seem like laziness, but it is a strategy. “Laho” is a quintessential example. The repetition of the word “Laho” makes it an ear worm and a global hit.
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