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Contemporary Nigerian pop albums are often characterised by shoddy songwriting and the presence of...
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The Jazz Party on 27 October, the penultimate event of the MUSON Festival, was occasion for guests...
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12 Oct 2017
Following Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s death in 1997, Lagos TV stations were filled with tributes. For a...
26 Sep 2017
Teni Entertainer’s ‘Fargin’ mines popular Nigerian sounds of old. This is in contrast with the mode...
22 Sep 2017
Omawumi’s first two albums, Wonder Woman and Lasso of Truth , reference the same superhero . The...
19 Sep 2017
The poster for the September edition of Afropolitan Vibes contained six images. A new artist from...
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Beyond the chest-beating, ego-stroking and expletive-laden emotional outbursts that occurred during...
31 Aug 2017
Olamide could phone it in the rest of his artistic career and he’ll still have passed the legendary...
25 Aug 2017
The first edition of BANTU ’s Lagos Concert Series, following their album release party, was held...
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