• Chinedu Okeke

A new opposition coalition in Nigeria claims to speak for the people, but its architects are from the same old political class seeking another shot at power.

• Anna S. Reumert

In her latest novel, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie examines the contradictions of women’s desires, while leaving her own narrative blind spots exposed.

• Dami Ajayi

As former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari’s death is mourned with official reverence, a generation remembers the eight years that drove them out.

• Sa’eed Husaini

As the pink tide swept through Latin America, Africa’s neoliberal regimes held firm. Where is Africa’s rupture —and what explains the absence of a sustained left challenge?

• Alexanderia Haidara

Ryan Coogler’s latest film is more than a vampire fable—it’s a bridge between Black American history and African audiences hungry for connection, investment, and storytelling rooted in shared struggle.

• Chinenye Egbuna Ikwuemesi

The founder of a digital archive of African deities explains the motivation behind its creation.

• Timothy Edaki

Musical traditions and language from Edo State have moved from the margins of Nigeria's national (and international) culture to the center.

• Hauwa Mustapha

Once anchored in mass struggle and socialist politics, the feminist movement in Nigeria now navigates the contradictions of donor dependency, digital activism, and elite capture. On the podcast, we unpack: what happened?

• Ayisha Osori

Despite decades of donor funding, the push for women in politics in Nigeria often sidelines real change in favor of workshops, buzzwords, and photo ops—leaving power structures intact.

• Damilare Adenola

With thousands jailed without trial, Nigeria’s justice system punishes the poor while the powerful walk free. Can real reform break this cycle of injustice?

• Kelechi Anabaraonye

The Fanti Carnival transforms Lagos’s Brazilian Quarters into a vibrant celebration of history, culture, and Afro-Brazilian identity.

• Omole Ibukun

The UK Tory leader distances herself from Nigeria, embracing colonial narratives while rejecting solidarity with a nation grappling with neocolonial realities.

• Tsogo Kupa

A sweeping, jazz-scored exploration of Cold War intrigue and African liberation, Johan Gimonprez’s 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat' lays bare the cultural and political battlegrounds where empires, artists, and freedom fighters clashed.

• Obiora Ikoku

President Tinubu’s reforms have plunged Nigerians into economic despair, with soaring costs and violent repression, exposing the brutal toll of neoliberal policies.

• Isaac Osuoka

Shell's so-called divestment from Nigeria’s Niger Delta is a calculated move to evade accountability, leaving behind both environmental and economic devastation.

• Sa’eed Husaini

Nigeria and South Africa have a fraught relationship marked by xenophobia, economic competition, and cultural exchange. The Nigerian Scam are joined by Khanya Mtshali to discuss the dynamics shaping these tensions on the AIAC podcast.

• Dotun Ayobade

What can the lives of the women behind Afrobeat tell us about creativity, resistance, and the interplay of power and pleasure in 1970s Nigeria?

• Omole Ibukun

When rising against ruling-class corruption, Nigerians must reject the hero culture that has historically undermined genuine activism.

• Idris Olakunle Ajao

An eye-opening documentary on African literary titan Wole Soyinka wants us to laud his “politics” without ever having Soyinka himself talk about them.

• Ayoola Babalola

Although the #EndBadGovernance protests attempted to address lingering questions from the #EndSARS era, the potential for the left to transform Nigeria’s political landscape remains a question.