From Nigeria to the world: Afrobeats is having a global moment

Posted on Thu 21 April 2022 in Nigeria • Tagged with Afrobeats, Entertainment, Music, Fela, Grammys, Femi Kuti, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido, Yemi Alade, Tems, CKay, Pheelz, Buju, TikTok, Instagram

Tems performs in London in 2021. Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage

Garhe Osiebe, Rhodes University

Another Grammy Awards season and there is a growing list of African nominees. For African music enthusiasts, it is heartwarming that recognition is being accorded to practitioners in the Afrobeats space.

Afrobeat and Afrobeats, although …


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We Go Harder Next Year: The Problem with Resolutions

Posted on Mon 27 December 2021 in Opinion • Tagged with New Year Resolutions, teenager, adult, youth, December, 2021 Resolutions, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Social Media

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Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

By Aniemeke Isioma Prisca

We Go Harder Next Year: The Problem with Resolutions

Change is a hard thing to come to terms with. It happens so fast that before you realize you're changing, you're already far gone. Things you used to like, you don't …


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