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Stories by Edisana Stephen

Victor Ekpuk against a backdrop of Nsibidi symbols.
Arts + Culture

Victor Ekpuk’s Latest Exhibition “INTERwoven TEXTures” Takes the Middle East

Showing in Dubai’s Efie Gallery, the exhibition marks the Nigerian American artist’s first solo show in the region, bringing his work on Nsibidi to a new audience.

Helen Epega performing Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera at London’s St John’s Hyde Park, 2023.
Arts + Culture

Helen Epega’s Pidgin Opera 'Song Queen' is Connecting Audiences to Africa

Once seen as an outsider, the Nigerian-British opera performer has broken the medium’s echo chamber, infusing Nigerian pidgin and other languages on the margins. She wants the world to listen.