Yes, It Is Obscene, Ms Adichie, But… – Dami Ajayi
I The world of letters is divided by temperaments, ideologies, perceived paranoia, and just plain bad blood. Two Nobel laureates once took their gloves off in the evening of their years for literary boxing. Derek Walcott’s The Mongoose, referencing that eponymous Caribbean creature, was once read out loud at a literary festival. In the witty […]
A Brief History of Music in Lagos – Dami Ajayi
Lagos has always been the cultural capital of Nigeria. Given its maritime location as well as being the seat of political power in both colonial and post-colonial eras, it was only a matter of time for the city to grow into its true cosmopolitan potentials and become a sort of open city; a place where […]
Finding Somi in Lagos: A Profile – Dami Ajayi
Somi is running late. It is the Sunday morning after the February 2019 presidential elections that re-elected President Muhammadu Buhari into office and Lagos has endured a wet weekend. The roads have become flooded with rainwater making its way out of blocked drainages, carrying styrofoam, plastic and non-recyclable waste alongside renewable debris—traffic is what results, […]
Fuji: Soundtrack to Life in Ibadan – Bunmi Familoni
But not many people went home; all the various strata of society represented there morphed into one, a single monogenous organism pulsating to the rhythm of fuji.