When not at his day job, Kwabena stays in the spare bedroom belonging to his friend and cousin Maurice (Demmy Ladipo) and Maurice’s pregnant Nigerian wife Funmi (Rachel Adedeji). There, at night, Kwabena works to get his feature Jamaica Road off the ground. But a few problems keep his...
Apple Music is my monkey’s paw. During the mp3 mania of the early oughts, I wished for access to any song, without waiting 47 minutes for Limewire to download it on my parents’ PC. I got my wish. And now the sheer volume of music available to me is a daily reminder of how I...
The ebullient syncopation of the track “Of Home” is likely familiar to anyone who's ever attended the types of Nigerian celebrations that extend into the wee hours of the morning. “You can tell by my nose I’m a king” he raps on the song, alluding to distinctly African facial ...
The 27-year-old Nigerian is 6ft tall and capable of defending himself but there was little he could do when he was ambushed by a gang of extreme Right-wing thugs last August. He says: 'I was escorting a friend home one Sunday at about 9pm. I didn't want him walking alone at nigh...
In2017, they employed theirKnights Templarsubservient puppet blackMaster Mason, Jay Z,to try to symbolically make amockeryandMONKEYofHuey. In2018,MarvelandWaltDisney Studiosreleased a global mass population poster for itsBlack Pantherfilm that allegedly suffered a severe backlash, because several pissed...
During the 1960s, we were taught certain cardinal rules. One of the rules that we were instructed to observe was that this system isreactionary. Where there is anaction, particularly by Black people, there will be areaction. It was like being constantly on guard against theSnap of the Drag...
Recently, British Music Entertainer (Nigerian descent) Seal (Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel) and American “Clueless” Artist Stacey Dash got into it. Seal told Stacey, “You live in the Sunken Place”- a reference to Peele’s “Get Out“. Stacey is a conservative with an Anti-Black-every...
In2017, they employed theirKnights Templarsubservient puppet blackMaster Mason, Jay Z,to try to symbolically make amockeryandMONKEYofHuey. In2018,MarvelandWaltDisney Studiosreleased a global mass population poster for itsBlack Pantherfilm that allegedly suffered a severe backlash, because several pissed...
Through a reading of Teju Cole’s novel Open City (2011), this article argues that the exposure of black migrants constitutes the principal organizing conceit of global literary culture and knowledge production. The novel’s protagonist, a Nigerian emigr
Italy is no stranger to racism in sports. In January, soccer teamUdinese was sanctionedafter its supporters made monkey noises directed atAC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan. In 2019, the Italian Soccer Federation drew scorn after launching ananti-racism campaign using monkey faceswith different soccer t...