Oh, the price of fame. It’s a slippery slope for most artists who start gaining massive recognition and can’t handle the pressure of fandom. But, when they wrong the right crowd – a.k.a fans, it may be the dawn of a failed career; Mr Eazi has found this to be true. Everyone. Maybe not everyone. Most people know of Coachella: the American music festival, thanks to Beyonce headlining it last year and doing a great job, if I may add. This year, the inclusion of only two African artistes – Burna Boy and Mr Eazi (who are both Nigerians. Although,…
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…Continued from Chapter Thirteen. “What did he say, mom?” “He said he needed to see you.” “What else did he say?” “I told him to call you, and then he said he lost your contact.” “Did you give him my number? “Ah ahn. Why so many questions? I hope he’s not one of those your useless friends? “Mom please answer me first. Did you give him my number?” I inquired more sternly. “No, I did not and I don’t want you associating with people like that anymore nitori Olorun,” she warned. I breathed a sigh of relief. I changed my…
Last Week, we urged you to draw a circle around yourself and step out of it by revamping your wardrobe. We understand that it’s easier said than done especially when your forte doesn’t extend towards wardrobe management. We also pointed you in the right direction by sharing visual tips on how to find the right style for you and the basic wardrobe building ‘blocks’ by a few of our favourite YouTubers. Today, we’re sharing trendy pieces from 2018 Lagos Fashion Week that we think you should consider while you expand your fashion options in the New Year. Fluidal pieces Of…
Our new column, Traditional and Contemporary, focuses on the Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary designs. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See week one, week two, week three, week four, week five, week six, week seven, week eight, week nine, week ten, week eleven, week twelve, week thirteen, week fourteen, week fifteen, week sixteen and week seventeen. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Angel Obasi (@styleconnaisseur) on Jan…
Unsurprisingly in the last month, I’ve gotten wind of at least 8 wedding hitches by friends of friends. In our country, marriage is a cultural mainstay woven into the fabric of its existence. Let me undress this: the extinction of marriage will pose an immediate threat to the existence of our culture which springboards from the ideology of family. Though for the religious populace (which is most of us, if I may add), marriage is and has always been a spiritual construct ordained by God. This in itself is enough reason to willingly participate, right? And, nothing God creates can…
I remember a stanza from the old Nigerian National anthem: “Though tribe and tongue may differ, in brotherhood we stand” This, for want of a better statement to describe the state of the relationships between the various tongues and tribes in our country, is still a big work in progress. Despite this, we find that a good number of our youths are marrying each other across the cultural and tribal divide. How are these intertribal marriages faring? Marriage is no walk in a park even when the people involved are from the same town and culture. There is no gainsaying…
My dear Daughter, The human emotion is a tricky and equally powerful force. It propels us to cling to things we should otherwise discard. Sometimes these things manifest in the form of material objects that we bestow sentimental values on when in reality, all they do is clutter our lives. Other times it’s unseen and intangible, yet our emotions are voluntarily warped up as a result of its existence. We carry around emotional baggage that we should have let go of aeons ago. Of a truth, my dear, there is so much you can and should let go of without…
The number of women entrepreneurs paving the way within fast-growing sectors in the country is increasing at a considerably impressive rate. Women are fearlessly plying routes that were once deemed a men-only path. This isn’t to say the global female goal is to snatch the helm from their male counterparts in diverse facets (although this isn’t entirely a bad idea) rather, it is to create and compete under equal circumstances. Our Woman Crush Wednesday Ndidi Nwuneli is a force to reckon with in the youth development sector. As the founder of LEAP Africa, a leading nonprofit organization that provides social…
Tomas Matthews, Concordia University When Stevie Wonder’s 1972 hit “Superstition” comes on, you might find yourself bobbing your head, tapping your feet and maybe even dancing along. This phenomenon is widespread and seemingly automatic, but why humans consistently react this way to certain music is still unclear. The questions of why and how music can make us want to move has led many musicologists, psychologists and neuroscientists to the study of groove. Superstition – Stevie Wonder, from the 1972 album, Talking Book. Groove has been defined by researchers as the pleasurable desire to move to music. That is, why we…
How well connected are you in your work sphere? By this I mean the industry that you’re engaged in and not just your workplace. If you are in the media world is it just your colleagues that are within your network or are you connected to a whole bunch of people across the spectrum? Being well networked can go a long way to advance your career and your social life. Opportunities seldom come knocking at your door. In reality, you have to leave your comfort zone to go knocking on the door of opportunities. Merriam-Webster defines the word network as,…