It is the first time since 28 January 2016, that Rihanna would put out any music since she released her eighth studio album, ‘Anti.’ “Lift Me Up”, Rihanna’s first single in six years, due for release on 28 October, was co-written by Nigeria’s music star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems. The track is off […]
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As BBNaija season 7 winner Ijeoma Otabor, aka Phyna, settles into celebrity status, she has revealed how she hopes to invest her N50m winning prize. Phyna, who said she auditioned for BBNaija four times, emerged winner of the keenly coveted reality show on 3 October. Her rewards include the N50m cash prize, a top-of-the-range sport […]
Renowned music critic, Plot Mhako says Zimdancehall kingpin Winky D is immensely talented to make the pedigree of an international music superstar. The artiste, he argues, is sleeping on talent that could possibly propel him to break international glass ceilings. Winky D commands a huge following of fans, a phenomenon that has transformed him into […]
Nigeria, like so many nations, remains as sport obsessed as ever, with huge matches and fixtures continuing to dominate the social calendar within the country. In addition, the popularity of sports betting the world over has forced its way into Nigerian culture too, with a 2020 survey ascertaining that an estimated 60 million Nigerians actively […]
It is the first time Meghan Markle, who is American, will open up about her ancestral background on the public stage. On the latest episode of her podcast, Archetypes, titled “Upending the angry black woman myth”, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, revealed that she is 43 per cent Nigerian. She said this while conversing […]
While a crisis continues to rock the Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC), Cameroon has submitted her entry for the 2023 Oscar. While a crisis continues to rock the Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC), ‘The Planters Plantation’, featuring Nollywood’s Nkem Owoh, has been selected as Cameroon’s entry for the 2023 Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and […]
Nigeria’s reggae-dancehall singer, Patoranking (real name Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie), has been selected along with DJ Aseel and Hassan Shakosh to perform at the 2022 FIFA World Cup scheduled to kick off on November 20 in Qatar. The multiple award winning Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter is the latest artist from the country to be selected […]
Nollywood actor, Gideon Okeke has ended his marriage to Chidera after four years of being together. The father of two didn’t reveal the reason for their split but urged Nigerians to pray for his family. He made this separation known on his InstaStories on Sunday. Although troubles in their marriage had surfaced earlier in August […]
ZIMDANCEHALL chanter Freeman is counting loss after his Toyota Fortuner crashed into a tree in Masvingo Friday night after the vehicle was stolen by his cousin’s friend. The HKD boss, as he is popularly known was in Masvingo for a show and almost missed his Harare show on Saturday as he had to source alternative […]
COMEDIENNE Tyra Chikocho, popularly known as Madam Boss, was Saturday involved in a near fatal car accident on her way to Kadoma for the Makhadzi and Jah Prayzah music concert. The accident happened just a few kilometres out of Norton. Madam Boss was with her friends and details are not yet clear who was driving […]
Nigerian Afropop singer, songwriter and artiste Yemi Alade will headline this year’s final edition of Blankets and Wine set for December, 11, 2022 at the Lugogo Cricket Oval. The announcement was officially made through the House of DJs and Tusker Cider social media platforms putting an end to speculation following the artist posting on Twitter […]
African youths are today positioned where cultural identities intermingle and there is a need to embrace a contemporary style that merges those identities. Black dandyism inspired by Les Sapeurs of Central Africa has helped curate a well-groomed aesthetic that is refined but inclusive of African sensibilities. Black Dandyism was brought to us by the Sapeurs, […]
Cape Town — Renowned Ndeble Artist Esther Mahlangu’s Assailants Off Hook For Now Two men charged with assaulting and robbing world-renowned Ndebele artist Esther Mahlangu in April this year have had their case struck off the roll in a Mpumalanga court. The 86-year-old artist was ambushed in her Siyabuswa home and was robbed of […]
The newborn is the fourth child the singer would father in 11 years. Jada Pollock, talent manager and baby mama of Nigerian superstar singer Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has welcomed their fourth child and first daughter. She is the fourth child the singer would father in 11 years. On Thursday morning, Ms Pollock […]
The Samburu people in northern Kenya’s Marsabit county are pastoralists. They migrate from place to place in search of pasture and water for their cattle, goats, sheep and camels. As part of their lifestyle, Samburu boys go through an initiation period when they live in rock shelters, learning how to take care of their animals […]
Struggle songs, also known as protest music or liberation songs, are defined as “expressions of discontent or dissent” used by politically disenfranchised protesters to influence political conversations and express emotions. Some scholars argue that these songs date back to ancient biblical times when the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt and “the Hebrew people sang their […]
Though being one of the country’s most valued bloggers, Sheikh is also a music critic with a huge experience in the Liberian Music Industry. With a comparative analysis, Sheikh relates Liberian musicians’ work ethics to that of the Nigerians. In his analysis, he did clearly provide a vivid understanding of the slow growth, the unfairness […]
At the heart of many of the best African films out there currently is the idea of return. Return to something, someone, or somewhere. In some films, this return is to the obvious: a place called home. In others, it is thornier and intangible. These stories are drawn from cultures across the continent, but they […]