Leisure
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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