Revisiting Arrows of Rain by Tade Ipadeola
The philosopher’s luxury consists in part of play with thought and phenomena. If, they may say, for example, a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it register in reality? And so on, ontologically and metaphysically. Following their road less travelled I ponder if, at the start of […]
John Mayer Evokes Nostalgia With Sob Rock – Jerry Chiemeke
The record takes music enthusiasts back to the MTV music videos of the time: Cyndi Lauper wouldn’t stop screaming about how “girls just want(ed) to have fun”, Paul Young complained about an unfaithful lover on “Everytime You Go Away”, and Prince brought down the house on “Purple Rain”
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, […]