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African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2016 Nominees Announced

The list is finally in people, On Sunday May 15th, while some slept and others kept the Sabbath holy, President of AMAA Jury, Mr. Husseini Shaibu announced the long-awaited list of projects and individuals that have delivered outstanding work in the African film industry. While films made shot in Ghana, Nigeria and the US take the cake this year, with the most amount of nominations, it is…

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#African Movie Academy Awards #AMA Awards #AMAA #AMAA 2016 #Film

POETS ON MOTHERS | A PLACE CALLED HOME

Poets are like prophets, professing words uttered by the spirits that possess them. Sometimes betrayed by their articulation, other times confused by their utterances, but always certain their words are true. This is how it is with poets, and those who feel too much. We celebrate mother’s day with the words of a poet who has found a way to speak the thoughts of daughters who feel to much,…

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#african poets #Ijeoma Umebinyuo #mother&039;s day #mother&039;s day 2016 #mothers #mothersday #poetry

AGRIPRENEURS | BRINGING SEXY BACK TO AGRICULTURE

Africa’s future billionaires and millionaires will make their money from agriculture. Akinwumi Adesina President: African Development Bank

It doesn’t take an agro-economists to see the vision and practicality of Akinwumi Adesina’s statement. We have gathered information from experts in the…

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#agri-preneur #agriculture #agriculture entrepreneur #agripreneur #agro economy #agromionics #agropreneur #aliko dangote #buhari farm #Economics #economy #maimouna coulibaly #olusegun obasanjo #olusegun obasanjo farm #president Muhammadu Buhari

LE ROI DE RUMBA | A TRIBUTE TO PAPA WEMBA (RIP)

If you grew up in Africa in the 90’s then you probably loved, liked or were exposed to the unexampled soft, sharp melodious tunes of the man who gave Congolese rumba a whole new face. And so it must have been heart breaking for you, as it was for us, when this Sunday, April 23rd 2016, news hit the WebSphere of Papa Wemba’s passing on after fainting on stage at while performing at a concert in…

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#Congolese Rumba #King of Congolese Rumba #Papa Wemba #Rhumba #RIP Papa Wemba

NO SEX IN THIS CITY ? | THE LAGOSIAN MUSLIMAH's SEX LIFE

NO SEX IN THIS CITY ? | THE LAGOSIAN MUSLIMAH’s SEX LIFE

A YOUNG MAN’S JOURNEY INTO THE SEX LIFE OF MUSLIMAHS

“Halal sex toys for sale”, the inscription stopped me dead in my tracks. My eyes had strayed to the small ad print by the side of the board outside the shop. I stopped and turned even though I was late for prayers. Bedazzled, I walked briskly into the shop and inquired about a toy. Saying the word sex sounded like screaming bomb on an airplane,…

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#Hijab #Islam #Lagos #Lagos Muslim Girls #Muslim #Muslim in lagos #Nigerian muslim girls #Sex in Lagos #Sex in the city #sexy muslim girls

Spotlight on Feminist African Literature | So Long A Letter by Mariama Bâ

DISSECTING ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED WORKS IN SENEGALESE LITERATURE

With this work of fiction, Senegalese writer Mariama Bâ explores the inequalities between men and women in Senegal, Islam, and the African society. Bâ creates a premise of a fictional letter from Ramatoulaye, a schoolteacher in Senegal, to her good friend Aissatou, now in America.

Ramatoulaye, a recent widow, is sequestered in…

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#feminist african literature #feminist literature #march 2016 #Mariama Bâ #senegalese literature #So Long A Letter #une lettre si longue #women&039;s month

A Heart in Crisis | State of the Nigerian Economy HEART OF NIGERIA It is often said that the Economy is the heart of every nation. If the Heart (economy) is in a very healthy state, then invariably the body (nation) is bound to thrive and attain enviable levels of growth and development.

#Economics #politics

ABIKU: THE SPIRIT CHILD

A STUDY OF THE ABIKU CONCEPT | OGBANJE | CHILDREN OF THE SPIRIT WORLD via BEN OKORI’s FAMISHED ROAD

“The spirit-child is an unwilling adventurer into chaos and sunlight, into the dreams of the living and the dead. Things that are not ready, not willing to be borne or to become, things for which adequate preparations have not been made to sustain their momentous births, things that are not…

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#Abiku #Ben Okori #Book Review #Famished Road #obanje #Ogbanje #reincarnation

LAGOS DIARIES | WETIN DEY: THE LAGOS DANFO CONDUCTOR

WETIN DEY: THE LAGOS DANFO CONDUCTOR

The bang was deafening, I guess that’s why it’s called a bang. It jolted me to life; I pushed the duvet aside and reached for my denim which had seen it’s hey days. The weight of yesterday’s profit in my Ankara sewn pocket brought smile to my face or more like a grin. I took out some Naira notes and dropped them by Caro’s pack of condoms. My half empty alomo…

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#By Bala Aliyu #Danfo #Danfo Driver #Lagos #Lagos Diaries #Naija #nigeria

I JUST GOT BACK

WELCOME TO LAGOS

It’s a Monday, the sun is smiling but the streets of Mushin is not. The weather could barely afford you the opportunity to have a stitch of cloth on. You alight from the Volkswagen transporter popularly called “danfo”that you had boarded, the city is Lagos, the city that never sleeps or maybe it sleeps with an eye open. You are angry, a local herb seller had insulted you because…

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#Africa #I Just Got Back #IJGB #Lagos #Naija #nigeria #Story #taxi #Travel

A Paragon of Feminine Power | Moremi Ajasoro The lotus is the most loved flower in the East and it is tremendously significant as a symbol.

#african heroines #heroines #history #Moremi Ajasoro #nigeria #women #yoruba

REQUIRED READING FOR YOUNG AFRICAN FEMINISTS | BEST NIGERIAN NOVELS

BEST OF 2015 FICTION/NON-FICTION

UNDER THE UDALA TREES

A brilliant, well-written coming of age story of a young lady, Ijeoma, as she navigates the genesis of her sexuality, religion, and identity in the face of a struggle much scarier than the actual civil war she lives through, a war against herself and society.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Chinelo Okparanta was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. A…

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#African book #African novels #books #Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #Chinelo Okparanta #feminism #feminist #Ijeoma Umebinyuo #Lesbian #LGBT #literature #Nigerian Book #Nigerian novel

THE BILINGUALISM OF YEMI ALADE | KISSING (FRENCH REMIX)

BEST OF 2015 | THE BILINGUALISM OF YEMI ALADE

There is something very sexy about a woman with a bilingual tongue and besides the ‘cool’ factor, speaking more than one international language can be extremely helpful to your career. This is clearly one of the reasons why Nigerian songstress Yemi Alade’s music cuts across many horizons.

The remix of her hit song, “Kissing” is a fine duet with…

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#francophone #French #French Music #kissing Yemi Alade #marvin #music #yemi alade

The Work Space #2016 #MediAfritiQ #GidiSecrets #TheEditorsLifestyleGuide #GidiLounge

#gidisecrets #mediafritiq #2016 #theeditorslifestyleguide #gidilounge

First veggie/pesca dumpling. Healthy food for the #Africana #PopSaltnCulture #MediAfritiQ #Dumplings #PescaVeggieDumpling Recipes available soon on MediAfritiQ.com

#dumplings #africana #mediafritiq #pescaveggiedumpling #popsaltnculture

AIDS AWARENESS 2015 Just as the Americans and christians complete their harvest and thanksgiving ceremonies, a day of reflection and awareness comes not a second too soon.

#AIDS #AIDS Awareness #HIV #HIV/AIDS

MAKI OH SS16 | READY TO WEAR COLLECTION

Amaka Osakwe, creative director of Maki Oh, has done it again. In all honesty, this is not our favourite fashion presentation, in terms of the lookbook, but in true Maki Oh style, this season’s collection is almost worthy of grand couture status.

Osakwe’s Spring Summer 2016 collection was first released on Vogue, in the below video she narrates the story and inspiration behind her collection.

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#Fashion Film #Maki Oh

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