Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, whose novel A Spell of Good Things has been longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize.
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A Spell of Good Things powerfully explores polygamy, patriarchy, political corruption and poverty.
Demas Nwoko has received the lifetime achievement award at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale.
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The winner of the lifetime achievement award at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale discusses the importance of creating new and sustainable forms.
A UK mural employs the trending hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
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BringBackOurGirls led to a global outcry, but it simplified a complex history that is best understood through survivor accounts.
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Nigeria’s Afrobeats stars love to identify with Fela’s activism and music - but their tributes are becoming opportunistic and empty.
Musician Orlando Julius with his wife, dancer Latoya Aduke Ekemode.
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He played every venue that mattered, a global face of Afrobeat. Orlando Julius embodied the groove.
A funeral party wearing matching attire, or aso ebi.
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As the Nigerian tradition of dressing in matching outfits for special events continues to grow in popularity, it brings with it a threat of social exclusion.