A.A.A. is perhaps as non-descript as it gets – a new EP project with abstract art adorning its cover and with that acronym. Immediate assessment: underground, left-side of advertisement. Brace yourself. Come to this music without lofty expectations of the…
Bez is back and he has seen ‘The Light’ – Dami Ajayi-
Bez Idakula. 35. Gbagyi Child. Married. Has seen the light. Let me explain: Some 10 years ago, he started walking into an arts expression show, Taruwa, and performing his songs accompanied by the strumming of the guitar. He did that…
Burna Boy and the Fela influence – Dami Ajayi
Twenty-two years after Fela‘s death, his accomplished older son, Femi Kuti, is 58 years old, the exact age Fela was when he succumbed to HIV/AIDS. Seun Kuti, his younger son, in whose hands the mantle of leading the Egypt 80…
What does Beyonce’s “Gift” really mean for African music?- Dami Ajayi
Since Black Panther and Wakanda, Africa seems to have become the darling of tokenistic Western patronage again. It is now woke to be African only if it can be inspected through the lens of the West. Aspects of our multitudinous…
Nigerian “Maphites” Cult Crushed in Italy
A two-year probe — aided significantly by a man on the inside who fed details to investigators — “has allowed us to destroy much of what, within the Nigerian community, is known as the ‘Maphite’ cult,” Italian police said in…
Dami Ajayi, Nigerian poet and doctor in spat with BA over missing laptop
Award winning Nigerian poet and psychiatric doctor, Dr. Dami Ajayi is engaged in a twitter spat with British Airways following the loss/theft of his laptop while aboard a BA flight enroute Lagos from London. Dr. Ajayi was on his way…
To Soapy or not to Soapy? – Dami Ajayi
Naira Marley, recently arrested for internet fraud, has not let his trouble with the EFCC disturb his creative output. While incarcerated, he released ‘Why’, bemoaning several frustrating life scenarios. After he was granted bail, he released ‘Opotoyi (Marlians)’, a ribald…
Hey, you judging rape victims, pray it never happens to your daughter!
If you have ever been raped, you will never stand in judgement against Busola Dakolo nor try to rationalize the veracity of her claim. If you have a daughter who has been raped, you will never make a rape joke…
Biodun Fatoyinbo steps down as COZA Senior Pastor
Embattled Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) has stepped down from his position. The news was conveyed in an Instagram post he made at 9.55am on July 1st 2019. His action was precipitated by Busola Dakolo’s allegations of…
2019 is the year of Rema – Dami Ajayi
2019 is half gone and if the music industry is already clear about some victories, Rema is one. Born Divine Ikubor in the ancient city of Benin, Rema, like most recent superstars making incursions into the music scene, arrived by…