A new Nigerian movie, Jagun Jagun, adds to the growing number of recent films of major cultural prestige eulogising heritage in war, bravery, and royalty.
Men arrive for the celebrations for the Olojo Festival in Ile-Ife.
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We need deep-time African urban history and theories to make sense of contemporary urban life and anticipate its future possibilities in African terms.
Angelique Kidjo on stage in Paris in 2021.
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Nigerian popular music - Afrobeats - is storming the world’s stages. But it’s just the latest stage in a vibrant century of recorded music in the country.
A group of drummers playing traditional Yoruba drums.
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Amos Tutuola has contributed significantly to the resilience of ways of life and worldviews that could easily have disappeared under the weight of colonialism, globalisation and the market economy.