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Homecoming Festival Has Ushered in a New Era for Nigeria’s Creative Scene

Homecoming Festival Has Ushered in a New Era for Nigeria’s Creative Scene

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Wunmi Mosaku on How Ryan Coogler’s New Film 'Sinners' Helped Improve Her Yoruba

Wunmi Mosaku on How Ryan Coogler’s New Film 'Sinners' Helped Improve Her Yoruba

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Five Reasons Paapa Essiedu Is a Good Casting Choice as Professor Snape in the New Harry Potter

Five Reasons Paapa Essiedu Is a Good Casting Choice as Professor Snape in the New Harry Potter

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‘I Was Gambling With My Freedom:' Momodou Taal on Fighting Deportation and Choosing to Leave the U.S. on His Terms

‘I Was Gambling With My Freedom:' Momodou Taal on Fighting Deportation and Choosing to Leave the U.S. on His Terms

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Brice Oligui Nguema on stage with outstretched hands during his last electoral campaign.

Brice Oligui Nguema Wins Gabon Presidential Election by a Landslide

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What It's Like To ... Be A Travel Creator from The Gambia

What It's Like To ... Be A Travel Creator from The Gambia

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The Return of Benin Bronzes Could Change How Young Nigerians Engage With History

The Return of Benin Bronzes Could Change How Young Nigerians Engage With History

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What to Watch in West Africa This April

What to Watch in West Africa This April

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Like Mother, Like Daughter: Five Nigerian Matriarchs and the Daughters They Inspired

Like Mother, Like Daughter: Five Nigerian Matriarchs and the Daughters They Inspired

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+234 Art Fair Is Demystifying The Patronage of Nigerian Art

+234 Art Fair Is Demystifying The Patronage of Nigerian Art

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Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, gestures as he speaks. There are three men in masks visible in the background.

Former Ivorian President and Minister Provisionally Excluded from Election

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Demonstrators gather during the End Bad Governance protest in Abuja on August 1, 2024.

Nigerian TikToker Sparks National Conversation After Viral Rant About Government Failures

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Senator Natasha Akpoti in a beaded blue traditional Nigerian outfit with a matching blue head wrap (gele), gold earrings, colorful necklaces, and red lipstick, smiling at the camera.

What Senator Natasha Akpoti’s Bravery Means To Nigerian Women

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Activists chant slogans and hold placards as they take part in a march against femicide and gender-based violence in Nairobi, on December 10, 2024.

Nigeria Has a Femicide Problem It Refuses to Acknowledge

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Nigeria's Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, reacts after emerging as the Senate President of the 10th Nigeria National Assembly in Abuja on June 13, 2023.

Nigerian Lawmakers Suspend Senator Accusing Senate President of Sexual Misconduct

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Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo speaks during a meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace on Feb. 26, 2025 in Moscow, Russia. Umaro Sissoku Embalo is in Russia for a state visit.

Guinea-Bissau President Changes Stance on Reelection Amid Term Limit Controversy

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​Cynthia Erivo attends the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on Feb. 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Listen to Cynthia Erivo’s First Solo Single in Four Years, “Replay”

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A still from the TG Omori-directed video for Seyi Vibez’s “SHAOLIN”.

Nigerian Director TG Omori Makes His Return with the Video for Seyi Vibez's “SHAOLIN”

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