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How African Fashion Designers Ended Up Dressing the Biggest Stars at the Met Gala
Somewhere between Beyoncé pulling on a Tongoro mini-dress for the "Spirit" music video in 2019 and Tems gliding across the Met steps in 2024, a quiet shift in global fashion … Read more»
What "Pepper Dem" Really Means: Nigerian Celebrity Culture Phrases Explained
Scroll through any Nigerian celebrity's Instagram comments for ten seconds and you meet a vocabulary no dictionary prepared you for. Davido posts a yacht photo and the replies stack with … Read more»
The Cultural Meaning of Ankara and Kente in Afrobeats Music Videos
Watch any major Afrobeats music video released after 2018, and somewhere between the dance sequences and the drone shots, a length of brightly patterned fabric will appear. It might drape … Read more»
What Is "Naija Time" and How It Shows Up in Nigerian Entertainment Culture?
Somewhere in Lagos, a wedding invitation says 12pm sharp. The bride will arrive at 2:15. The high table will be seated by 3. Lunch will be served at 4. And … Read more»
How Rihanna's Fenty Beauty Changed the Game for African Celebrity Beauty Brands
Walk into a Lagos beauty supply store in 2017 and ask for foundation in a deep ebony shade. Most attendants would shrug, gesture vaguely toward two or three drugstore brands, … Read more»
The Most Influential Nigerian Celebrity Style Icons of the Last 20 Years Ranked
Twenty years of Nigerian celebrity style is twenty years of a country figuring out how to dress itself for the world. The 2005 reference points were Channel O and grainy … Read more»
The Role of the "Hype Man" in Afrobeats: Who They Are and Why They Matter
Walk into any major Afrobeats concert in Lagos, London, or Houston, and a strange thing becomes obvious within the first three minutes. The headliner is not actually alone on that … Read more»
The Nigerian Music Collaborations That Should Exist But Never Happened
From Fela to Burna Boy, these are the Nigerian music dream collabs that would have rewritten history - or still could.
How Afrobeats Tours Are Structured: Venues, Ticket Splits and Profit Margins
Behind every sold-out Burna Boy stadium night or Asake O2 run sits a financial machine most fans never see. The poster has one name on it. The deal underneath has … Read more»