Have You Changed Your Playlist Yet?
Why do you still carry songs from 10 or 15 years ago? Trapped in the old culture or a lasting culture? Fortunately, more music is being created than at any other time in human history. Every day, more than 100,000 songs are submitted to streaming…
Anne Carson Wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
Canadian poet and author Anne Carson has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature for a body of work that bridges classical traditions and contemporary literary experimentation. The Swedish Academy, based in Stockholm, honoured the 76-year-old…
Tolu Oloruntoba, Othuke Umukoro Named Among Finalists for 2026 Derek Walcott Prize
Nigerian poets Tolu Oloruntoba and Othuke Umukoro have been named among the finalists for the 2026 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, placing two African writers on the shortlist for one of the notable international prizes for contemporary poetry. The…
The Musical Fragments of KSA at 80
As King Sunny Adé turns 80, the bigger question is no longer how far he took jùjú music, but what happens to the tradition he transformed when the king is no longer on stage. At 80, King Sunny Adé has earned the right to simply be celebrated. But there…
Three Poets Make Final Shortlist for 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature
James Ngwu Eze’s Unbind Me Now, Ogaga Ifowodo’s Why Does God Need A Gun? and Tares Oburumu’s Flora’s Love Colony have emerged as the three finalists for the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature. The shortlisted works were announced yesterday after a…
8 of the World’s Most Colourful Buildings That Turn Architecture Into Art
Architecture can influence the way we think and feel, and colour can be just as powerful. When combined thoughtfully, the two can transform ordinary structures into extraordinary works of art. “Colour is the crucial ingredient that elevates a building to…
Review: Children of Blood and Bone
Children of Blood and Bone is looking like it’s going to be an exceptionally good movie. I can already tell, and I honestly cannot wait for 2027. That said, I want to say something about the conversations I’ve been seeing around the cast and…
Dawn is an Open Wound by Jide Badmus
Dawn is an Open Wound by Jide Badmus In Dawn is an Open Wound, Jide Badmus transforms communal grief and national anxiety into deeply lyrical poems charged with intimacy, longing, and despair. Moving beyond the themes of love, desire, and the body…
‘Hybrid Beings’ A Poem by Fortune Omosola
Hybrid Beings These hybrid beings, are unsweetened, salty egrets layering. Are we in death, deceiving, or beings in mock, afraid? From what grand order are we receiving, to what judgment are we set ablaze? For what burden do we bear this pain that…
We Want Our Brains Back – A Poem by Bolutife Oluwadele
We want our brains back We pried the skulls. Found cobwebs. Dust. A memo: “Gone to rust.” They traded cortex for a feed, let algorithms pull the weed now nothing grows but secondhand need. I’ve seen the hollows walk…