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His baritone was like no other. Deep, obviously. Rumbling and tightly controlled so that he could thin it out into... Read More
Ayinla Omowura: Life and Times of an Apala Legend, written by Festus Adedayo, is one of the most authoritative texts... Read More
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…you can follow the festival on DSTV (Channel 198) and Gotv (Channel 29) Ake Arts and Book Festival returns on October... Read More
With a dainty album cover styled like an adaptation of The Last Supper painting, Olamide sits gallantly holding court in... Read More
As the #EndSars protests sweep through Nigeria, Dami Ajayi recounts a story of an encounter between a friend, Diran Aina... Read More
Smack in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, Illbliss, one of Nigeria’s most consistent and gifted rappers, drops his new... Read More
Odunsi is still the name to drop, especially in the alte circuit. Oh yes, that off-kilter bougie sub-genre of contemporary... Read More
A-Q is clearly the hardest worker in Nigerian hip-hop. Hardly a year passes without an album and he has already... Read More
