Categories Essays Avant-Garde Theatre: Segun Adefila’s Dis Loyal Judas Post author By Afapinen Post date Jul 24, 2022 Image: Cropped flier of Segun Adefila's "Dis Loyal Jesus" (top); Segun Adefila (bottom) / Illustration by Orndir Fanen by Bestman Michael Osemudiamen Tags avant-garde, bestman michael Osemudiamen, dis loyal judas, easter, mel gibson, oko owi ocho, paradox, passion of christ, performance, resurrection, segun adefila, the marquee
Categories Essays Samuel A. Adeyemi’s Confession of Unbelief Post author By Afapinen Post date Jun 11, 2022 The poet Samuel A. Adeyemi by Ancci Tags ancci, applying psalms 121 to a gentile, Arasi Kamolideen Oluwapelumi, christianity, dante, epiphany, faith, faith in god, god, harold bloom, heaven is a metaphor, helen vendler, metaphysical poetry, Nigerian poetry, poetry criticism, samuel a adeyemi, spirituality, the divine comedy, walt whitman
Categories Essays Peaky Blinders: Our Secret Love Affair with Violence Post author By Carl Terver Post date May 31, 2022 Still from the motion picture Peaky Blinders. by Carl Terver Tags art and machines, coppola, gangster, great gatsby, mafia, new yorker, niccolo machiavelli, peaky blinder series, peaky blinders, the prince, thomas shelby, violence in movies, walter benjamin
Categories Personal Essays A Brief History of Fear Post author By Afapinen Post date May 2, 2022 Illustration: Orndir Fanen by EBELENNA TOBENNA ESOMNOFU Tags attahiru jega, biafra nonfiction, boko haram, buhari, Ebelenna Tobenna Esomnofu, fear of death, goodluck jonathan, life of pi, nigeria election 2015, nysc, nysc stories, spirit of death, yann martel
Categories Personal Essays A Childhood Epiphany Post author By Afapinen Post date Apr 14, 2022 Sticky Post Photo: Orndir Fanen by MICHAEL CHIEDOZIEM CHUKWUDERA Tags achebe, amu nnadi, baldwin, childhood, epiphany, Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera, nonfiction, pablo neruda, reading
Categories Music The Kinetic Poetry and Spirituality of Obongjayar Post author By Afapinen Post date Apr 11, 2022 Obongjayar. Artist Photo via INSTAGRAM by Carl Terver Tags african music, afrobeat, Bob Marley, calabar-born, Carl Terver, fela, gONE gIRL, message in a hammer, Obongjayar, SARZ, Some nights i dream of doors, which way is forward
Categories Music The Joie De Vivre of Aṣa’s V Album Post author By Carl Terver Post date Mar 31, 2022 Illustration by Orndir Fanen by Carl Terver Tags afapinen, Afro-soul, afrobeats, Asa, Carl Terver, nigerian music, V
Categories Culture Defending Naira Marley to Elitists Post author By Carl Terver Post date Feb 2, 2022 Image via Naira Marley Twitter/The singer in America during his Sep. 2021 "Marlian USA Tour" by Carl Terver Tags afapinen essays, afrobeats, American pop culture, Carl Terver, cultural criticism, elitism, ethnocentricism, Eurocentricism, high art, inside life, lois tyson, nigerian music, soapy, sub-altern, susan sontag
Categories Essays A Critic Fails in His Critical Bidding: Nzube Nlebedim’s takedown of Chibundu Onuzo’s The Spider King’s Daughter Post author By Afapinen Post date Feb 2, 2022 Photo: Orndir Fanen by Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè Tags afapinen essays, Chibundu Onuzo, Nigerian criticism, Nzube Nlebedim, The Spider King's Daughter, Tope Adegoke
Categories Pop Culture The Gospel of Ladipoe Post author By Carl Terver Post date Dec 25, 2021 IMAGE: Pete Martin (@iampetemartin)/Via INSTAGRAM by Carl Terver Tags Ladipoe, Ladipoe Providence, Providence Ep