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Patoranking and Olamide Reunite on “Welcome To Lagos”, Ten Years After “Mama Aboyo”
Patoranking and Olamide reunite on "Welcome To Lagos", the Ctea-produced fourth single from his fifth album, out 10…
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Nike Davies-Okundaye: the adire artist who built one of West Africa’s largest galleries
Nike Davies-Okundaye, born in 1951 in Ogidi, Kogi State, rose from a village childhood to become one of…
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AFRIMA: the All Africa Music Awards backed by the African Union
The All Africa Music Awards, known as AFRIMA, were launched in 2014 in partnership with the African Union…
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J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere: the photographer who recorded a thousand Nigerian hairstyles
J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere spent decades photographing Nigerian women's hairstyles from behind, creating a vast archive of braids, threads…
Music
Boomplay: the African music app that came preinstalled on millions of phones
Boomplay launched in 2015, backed by Transsion Holdings, the maker of Tecno, Itel and Infinix phones. Preinstalled on…
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Kollington Ayinla: the fuji star whose rivalry with Barrister defined a genre
General Kollington Ayinla, one of the pioneers of fuji music, became famous in the 1970s and 1980s for…
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Shaku shaku: the Lagos street dance that shaped Nigerian pop in 2017 and 2018
Shaku shaku, a dance from the streets of Lagos, took over Nigerian music in 2017 and 2018. Its…
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K1 De Ultimate: how Wasiu Ayinde Marshal became the king of fuji
Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, known as K1 De Ultimate, was born in Lagos in 1957 and built his career…
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Seun Kuti and Egypt 80: the youngest son who kept Fela’s band alive
After Fela Kuti died in 1997, his youngest son Seun took over leadership of his father's band, Egypt…
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Cream’s drummer drove across the Sahara to Lagos and played with Fela: Ginger Baker’s African years
In the early 1970s, Ginger Baker, the drummer of Cream, drove a Land Rover across the Sahara to…