Because when women and people of colour are absent from the stage, their contributions are also made invisible. Manels reinforce the notion that white men are ‘experts’, marginalizing the authority and experience of others. Theracism,sexism,and ableism embedded within IR as a discipline become ...
Why do international agencies have to be the starting point of conversations that we should have started a long time ago? We do the same whenever Nigerian artists do not win on the international stage. We realise that Headies and the AMVCA should be enough and not pander towards international ...
The Year I Grew Wildly, While Men Looked On by Ashley Ford Another Round w/ Tracy Clayton & Heben Nigatu (subscribe here in iTunes) I Have Never Turned Heads: What it’s like when you’re not the object of desire by Sarah Einstein Carrie & Christa’s Twitter conversation re: Einstein...
Bob Marley: One Loveis only in theaters. For those who can't make it out to the silver screen, read on for seven insights into Bob Marley’s life gleaned from the movie. Bob Marley Had A Complicated Upbringing In the movie, we learn that Bob Marley never really knew his dad. Marley...
"They say it takes 10 years to have an overnight success, and it's true," Shaboozey toldGRAMMY.comin May. The 29-year-old Nigerian-American born Collins Chibueze knows it firsthand: his first single, "Jeff Gordon," came out in 2014, but he's only now seeing the fruits of...
Men only do: “Whatever (God’s) hand and (God’s) purpose determined before to be done.”(Acts 4:28). “A man’s heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.”(Proverbs 16:9). We do not even understand why we do the things we do. Only God knows.(Pro...
” One of the formative moments in my life is when the pastor at my family’s church saw fit to include in his sermon a critique of a men’s athletic team who met the US president (it was probably George W. Bush) & committed the grave error of not dressing suitably. Apparently some...
this play by poet and screenwriter Inua Ellams is based on an incredible premise: Though he comes from a southwest Nigerian village, Demi is actually half–Greek god, and he soon becomes a basketball star in the NBA and in the Olympics. But then Zeus gets jealous, and the fun really begi...
Renee Osubu: Dear Philadelphiaat TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image: British Nigerian photographer Renee Osubu hails from England. However, her exhibition at TILT,Dear Philadelphia, is a love letter to her North Philly neighborhood, Black families and Black fathers (through Saturday, June 29...
“do not bring prostitutes into your room; do not chew betel inside or near the homestay; do not wear Western swimsuits at the beach, this is seen as almost naked and Papuan men will think you want a boyfriend; respect the Papuan culture by covering your body in public; God bless you...