Nomadic Art Gallery presents ‘Ekomo’ Exhibition with Minika Ohobu and Hakeem Salaam

Nomadic Art Gallery (NAG) located at 22 Ademola Adetokunbo, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, will on March 23 to April 13, 2024, host a captivating exhibition titled “Ekomo,” featuring works by Minika Ohobu and Hakeem Salaam.  This unique showcase, according to…

Haba! I did ‘something’ to protect my husband but they are saying it’s juju

My husband and I had been together many, many years. We met when I finished school and was already working. We got married and things were fine but my husband couldn’t hold down a job. If he got one job…

Alfa said, “bring human heart” if you need N11m!

Some people have a strong head; that is the only thing I can say about Musibau my apprentice. It is Musibau’s strong head that delivered him from my hands and landed me in police wahala. His mother may be dead…

My people, juju dey Lagos o – Lucia Edafioka

This ol girl is no longer a corper- public service announcement. Do not corper wee me. Amen? Amen One of the most interesting things that happened to me during my service year, happened in a danfo. I was on my…

In the world according to WurlD, love is contagious-Dami Ajayi

The Nigerian-born musician who lives in America has made a bold statement with his EP and his oeuvre comes across as fully-formed. There is no need to call him an up-and-coming artist. No need to say there are salient aspects…

Val Day Special: The Love Songs of K. Sunny Ade

Let us go then, you and I—you, dear reader and I, into the vast discography of Juju music’s most accomplished practitioner, King Sunny Ade, for the auspicious event of fishing out his love songs. Juju music, that variant of palmwine…

I needed just N11m and Alfa said “bring human heart!”

Some people have a strong head; that is the only thing I can say about Musibau my apprentice. It is Musibau’s strong head that delivered him from my hands and landed me in police wahala. His mother may be dead…

Nigeria gov’t takes to ‘juju’ to fight, catch sex traffickers

“Before leaving for Europe, women are made to take part in black magic rituals, known as juju, which instil a fear of illness or death should they disobey their traffickers.” The article, culled from Thomson Reuters Foundation News, explores the new…

My potholes are bigger than yours -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Back in the day, Nigerians celebrated their posh cars as they rode on beautiful roads. This gave Nkem Nwankwo the inspiration to write the novel My Mercedes Is Bigger Than Yours. Now Nigerians celebrate potholes that destroy posh cars. That’s…

Forget Paul Play Dairo, do you know IK Dairo? – Dami Ajayi

The First Time I heard IK Dairo’s Juju was in Lagos Traffic. This was sometime in 1997, a year after his untimely demise. My mother and I had happened upon an elderly gentleman peddling bootleg cassettes in a Lagos traffic.…

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