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A Review of Nairobi Noir

A Review of Nairobi Noir

It’s perhaps the bad luck of this anthology that I picked it up right after reading Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s collection… Read More

2 months ago

The Best New London Rooftop Bars to Visit this Summer

There’s nothing like a rooftop bar in summer – and while old favourites like Frank’s Cafe in Peckham, Radio in… Read More

8 months ago

Olunloyo: Opening the Door of American Kitchens to Africans

The 45-year-old Nigerian wizard of gastronomy, Shola Olunloyo, has opened a door for a generation of African chefs — if… Read More

2 years ago

Western Museums to Send More Benin Bronze to Nigeria Next Year

Benin City will receive additional returns of its plundered bronzes back from museums in the West and collectors early next… Read More

2 years ago

Nigerian 11-year-old’s Ballet Dancing Skills Stun Celebrities And Viewers Around The World

A video of Anthony Mmesoma Madu dancing in the rain in Lagos, Nigeria, spread across the internet as social media users… Read More

3 years ago

Bars and Restaurants Open in Paris

On a normal weekend, rue d’Aligre, near Place de la Bastille in Paris’s 12th arrondissement, is lined with raucous fruit… Read More

3 years ago

Afrobeat versus Jazz: Works of World’s Greatest Drummer Tony Allen

There was a reason that Fela’s hits always had an instrumental version on the B-Side and for which he played… Read More

3 years ago

Luca Guadagnino Teams Up with the Coen Brothers for “Scarface” Remake

Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is to take on the long-gestating new version of classic gangster film… Read More

3 years ago

Tony Allen: “Fela was Right – but I Detest Singing Militant”

Editorial Note: Following the Afrobeat legend's passing, we have dug through the archives to bring back an interview he sat… Read More

3 years ago

Nigerian Afrobeat Pioneer and “Greatest Drummer Who Ever Lived”, Tony Allen, Dies at 79

The Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who is credited with creating Afrobeat along with his old bandmate Fela Kuti, died suddenly… Read More

3 years ago