That time Rick Ross filmed a music video in a Lagos slum
Can a rap music video do better than some journalism in showing the real, unvarnished existence of ordinary Nigerians?
Lagos
The fear of being a terrible writer
A South African writer gets invited to the Farafina Creative Writing Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria. Her main takeaway: writing is an act of faith; an ancient form of prayer.
My favorite photographs N°5: Abraham Oghobase
Born in Lagos, photographer and artist Abraham Oghobase still lives in the Nigerian metropolis. His work
This sea shall be uprooted
Makoko, in Lagos, with over 100, 000 residents, is viewed as a shantytown. There’s more to it. This is the destruction of a community.
An Ode to Oshodi Market
Old Oshodi highlighted the complexity of the city, showcasing the ingenuity of the people of Lagos in their use of the informal market in making a living.
The magazine as Tumblr
Globetrotter's organizing logic may be a bit elusive, but the content itself is often quite captivating.
The best sports films have no play in them
Tunde Kelani's "Maami," a tale about a former professional footballer, is bold and stylish film-making, and it deserves a wide audience.
Guinness for the people
Beer company Guinness’s new commercial “The Ticket,” made for its huge Nigerian market and first unveiled
Modern life in Lagos
Nigeria is surely too large and its art community too diverse for any claims for representativeness to be sincerely possible?
Take me to your leader: Babatunde Fashola
The Governor of Lagos has larger ambitions than just governing Nigeria's and probably Africa's most vibrant megacity.
'The Nigerian Jersey Shore'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Is90VKyLk Baylor University students (members of the campus African Studies Association) parodies those icons of 21st
Lady Gaga lives in Lagos
Goldie’s allusions to madness typify a common theme present in the music of many of today’s successful female artists.
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM4tQ_w__RM] The new video for Nigerian Afrobeat funkster Bantu‘s tune “I’m Waiting.” It’s part of the
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4riYn1SozWo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The young Lagos, Nigeria-band Che and the Continuous Highlife Evolution’s striking “Civil War.” As the
Uncle Wole’s Party
Last month Johannesburg filmmaker Akin Omotoso, who directed a documentary about Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka,
The Nollywood Recipe
Nigerian director and producer, Ade Adepegba, speaking ahead of the new film festival, Nollywood Now–apparently the
After the Bulldozers
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/11738776 w=500&h=281] Beautifully shot short film about the fate of 10,000 residents displaced after a thriving
Nigerian ram fighting
No this is not a comment on Nigerian politics. Instead, the BBC website has a great