Culture
Nigeria Film Industry Calls for Cheaper Tickets and Decentralised Cinemas to Boost Nollywood
Nigeria’s film industry is at a critical crossroads as experts warn that structural challenges in cinema exhibition are holding back the economic potential...
Tyla Wins Best African Music Performance at 2026 Grammys
South African singer Tyla has won the Best African Music Performance award at the 2026 Grammy Awards, defeating Nigerian nominees Burna Boy, Davido,...
Grammys Honour Fela Kuti With Historic Lifetime Achievement Award
Legendary Nigerian musician and Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti has become the first African artist to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The...
Wizkid and Asake Join Forces on New Collaborative EP
Wizkid and Asake have released a collaborative EP, uniting two of Nigeria’s most influential Afrobeats stars on a tightly curated project. The release...
Wizkid, Seyi Vibez, and Asake Dominate Spotify’s 2025 Wrapped in Nigeria
Spotify has released its 2025 Wrapped data, and the results show another year of dominance for some of Nigeria’s biggest stars. Wizkid sits...
Lagos Welcomes XVI Edition of S16 Film Festival Featuring Shorts, Features, and Panels
The 2025 edition of the S16 Film Festival officially opened in Lagos with the screening of Cotton Queen, kicking off five days of...
Ghana Sets Up GH₵20m Creative Arts Fund as Nigeria’s Sector Still Lacks Support
Ghana’s 2026 national budget includes a bold new investment in its creative economy: the government has committed GH₵ 20 million to a Creative...
Marionette Festival Draws Crowds in Bamako Despite Jihadi Threats
Under a pale November sky, and despite weeks of fuel shortages that have stalled cars, shuttered schools, and darkened parts of the capital,...
Burna Boy, Davido, Ayra Starr, Omah Lay Lead Africa’s Charge at 2026 Grammy Awards
African music is once again taking centre stage at the 2026 Grammy Awards, with a wave of nominations that cements the continent’s growing...
How Shittu Abdulafiz Opeyemi Made Dodo Ikire a Global Story
When the young filmmaker from southwestern Nigeria, Shittu Abdulafiz Opeyemi, set out to make Dodo Ikire, he wasn’t chasing festival validation or global...
British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr’s My Father’s Shadow earns two Gotham nominations, marking a breakthrough for Nigerian storytelling
Akinola Davies Jr., the Nigerian-British filmmaker behind My Father’s Shadow, has been nominated for the Breakthrough Director Award at the 2025 Gotham Awards,...
GRAMMY House Giza Becomes First Recording Academy Hub in Africa and Outside the U.S.
The Recording Academy officially opened GRAMMY House Giza in Egypt, its first-ever permanent GRAMMY residence on the continent of Africa and outside of...