Mixed Reality: Ololade Oletubo’s London solo exhibition celebrates community, culture and shared humanity
On 1st September, 2026, Afrahouse Gallery in London hosted Mixed Reality, a solo exhibition by artist Ololade Oletubo, bringing together a vibrant body of work centred on community, cultural identity and the everyday relationships that bind people together. Held at the gallery’s Haddo Street space, the exhibition presented Oletubo’s distinctive figurative practice through energetic compositions, […]
Bread and Butter: Connecting cultures through Marburg stage
By Prisca Sam-Duru On a warm evening in Marburg, Germany, a bakery became an unlikely stage for a powerful conversation about humanity.That was precisely on May 16, 2026, in Marburg, Germany. The premiere of Bread and Butter, an international theatre production by Kininso Creative (UK/Nigeria) and Hessisches Landestheater Marburg (HLTM), transformed a simple kitchen space […]
Every man his own Escobar: A review of Carlos Barragan’s ‘The Yahoo Boys’
When the Spanish journalist Carlos Barragan announced recently on LinkedIn that The Yahoo Boys, his book about the online scammers of Lagos, had just been released, the comment section beneath his post was animated. There was praise for this first book by a young journalist, but also curiosity from some Nigerian commenters about his motives, as well […]
Robert Ebizimor’s musical discourse on Senator Heineken Lokpobiri
By Enewaridideke Ekanpou Rt. Hon. Heineken Lokpobiri, the former speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, is now a senator. Lokpobiri has detailed me to alert the world to the agreement between Sagbama and Ekeremor on power-sharing. It is like the husband-sharing agreement between the wives of a man. If the Senate goes to […]
Cocooned identity in Ifeoluwapo’s portrait of many selves
By Osa Mbonu-Amadi With artistic narratives revolving around the often misconstrued notion of identity, Nigerian art photographer, Ifeoluwapo Rachael Okunade, explores multiplicity of self, using portraits that reveal the subject beyond the surface meaning. Building on a robust understanding of fine art photography, Ifeoluwapo portrays contemplative postures through kinetic art. Her compositions are carefully etched […]
K-Pop Festival 2026 turns Terra Kulture into Seoul-inspired stage
By Prisca Sam-Duru The vibes in Victoria Island Lagos last weekend were memorable as Lagos cultural hub, Terra Kulture, transformed into a mini-Seoul. This was as the Korean Cultural Centre Nigeria, KCCN’s K-Pop Festival 2026 pulled Nigeria’s fiercest dancers and vocalists onto one stage with the crowd suppling enough dose of stadium energy. Electrifying music, […]
