Nigeria

Jad Abumrad’s new podcast, “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man,” shows how one musician created both a genre and a way of challenging those in power.

The observance of defeat, especially in an election, is often all that keeps a state from tipping into violence.

The artist delicately explores the idea of the Black diaspora, evident in the unexpected unification of stuff.

If you can handle the night-club vibes at Lagos TSQ, you’ll be rewarded with a bold celebration of West African cuisine.

The artist discusses dynamism and immersing oneself in the world.

The latest iteration of “New Photography,” at MOMA, situates contemporary life in the Nigerian city as a constant but lively negotiation between the violence of history and the demands of the present. 

The artist discusses the spaces in which creative work can flourish.

The photographer uses his own body—and a little help from the Pope’s tailor—to chronicle Black history.

At FESTAC ’77, a fifty-nine-country festival in Lagos, Marilyn Nance created “a giant family album” for Africa and its diaspora.

Sashaying Afrobeats rhythms meet cruising, mellow balladry on the Nigerian singer’s new album.

Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy is set in Lagos in the nineties, during the upsurge of off-kilter, melodramatic cinematic invention that, in the decades since, has helped make Nigeria an engine of global entertainment.

The Nigerian writer explains the origins of his latest book’s title, why novels are harder to write than plays, and the masochistic pull of political activism.

The film possesses a rare moral vision, in which goodness emerges not because of suffering but in spite of it.

While the virus has ravaged rich nations, reported death rates in poorer ones remain relatively low. What probing this epidemiological mystery can tell us about global health.

His runaway success began with castaway junk: a bag of bottle caps along the road. Now the Ghanaian sculptor is redefining Africa’s place in the global art scene.

In Nigeria, motorcyclists deliver blood to patients, including to those who have just given birth.

I last saw my father in person on March 5th, just before the coronavirus changed the world.

The artist talks about the art scene in Lagos, the anti-racism protests sweeping the globe, and the inspiration behind her cover for the June 22, 2020, issue.

Lakin Ogunbanwo’s portraits are an ingenious investigation into opulent traditions that have been taken for granted.

Slavery existed among the Igbo long before colonization, and accelerated with the transatlantic trade. Today, slave descendants still retain the stigma of their ancestors.