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We’re elated to announce Cinematic Vanguards 🎞️
During this campaign, we’re spotlighting women like Joke Silva, @HenshawKate, @UzoamakaPower, @NoraAwolowo, @dadaomowunmi who are shaping Nollywood in different capacities.
Happy International Women’s Day ❤️
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🎬 Nollywood has made surprisingly few sports films, despite Nigeria’s deep sporting culture.
Still, films like “Maami”, “Funke!” and “Aburo” prove the genre has always had a place in Nigerian cinema.
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🚨 The APC enters 2027 as Nigeria’s dominant political force. The bigger question is whether a divided opposition can mount a serious challenge.
Read our analysis: culturecustodian.com/
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🚨 Tyla performing "Game Time" at the FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony in LA 🤩🔥
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Davido performing “Unavailable” & “With You” at the FIFA World Cup Countdown Concert in L.A. 🏆🇺🇸
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Serena Williams returned to competitive tennis today and chose 19-year-old Congolese-Canadian star Victoria Mboko as her partner.
The pair defeated the tournament's No. 3 seeds at Queen's Club. 🎾
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In this week’s Sex Diary, a woman writes about wanting intimacy in theory, freezing when it became real, and the uncomfortable possibility that what she craved most wasn’t intimacy, but pursuit.
🔗 Read the full story here: culturecustodian.com/sex-dia…
New entry, every week. 💌
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Some really important stories for @takingCustody over the holidays.
The story on Purple Lagos is especially poignant in light of the backlash to Group Therapy, Ibadan, and Monochroma's Oskido announcement.
Read all here: culturecustodian.com/author/…
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Yes, we also examined how in Nigeria, shame has moved from social boundary to content strategy here: culturecustodian.com/in-nige…
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“I genuinely thought everybody got beaten at home.”
This week’s As Told By Ada follows an oldest daughter who grew up confusing survival with love, anger with discipline, and responsibility with adulthood.
🔗Read Here: culturecustodian.com/as-told…
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Latto & Wizkid just teased an incoming collab via Instagram! 👀
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With over 10k soundtracks to his name, one would think OG Nollywood songwriter Stanley Okorie would be celebrated more for his scoring classics.
But that is not the case & with Nollywood scoring now heading in a new direction, will Stanley ever get the recognition he deserves?
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“Being the oldest daughter gave me severe depression. All that pressure, and for what?”
On this week’s As Told By Ada, this week’s Ada narrates the emotional cost of growing up “the first" & the battles she faces choosing herself first now.
Read here ⬇️
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"If you sneeze too much, 1 million becomes 900k”
- @the_phage on #MyFirstMillionbyCC
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2020, a star was born.
6 years, 3 billion streams later, the star continues to be the voice of a generation navigating heartbreak & loneliness, with his "Afro-depression" sound 🎶
This is the story of @Omah_Lay 💜
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"Oba, a song that starts out as hip-hop, becomes calypso with a prominent Spanish guitar, transitions to soca, inhabits the spirit of Public Enemy and New York boom-bap with a bongo heart, and returns home to Afro-fàájì before deconstructing again" joyous
“If this were his final record, a prelude to retirement, would M$NEY be fitting?
No, it would not. It is not good enough to extend his legacy.”
Read our full review of Asake’s latest offering: culturecustodian.com/mney-ho…
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“If this were his final record, a prelude to retirement, would M$NEY be fitting?
No, it would not. It is not good enough to extend his legacy.”
Read our full review of Asake’s latest offering: culturecustodian.com/mney-ho…
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Sex Diaries is back.
In our first entry, a man reflects on moving from jealousy and obsession to discovering he no longer wanted to be the only one.
🔗 Read the full story: culturecustodian.com/sex-dia…
New diary, every week. 💌
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👏🏿Brotherlyyy.
Congrats to Bucci Franklin as he wins the Best Supporting Actor for his role in “To Kill a Monkey” at the 2026 #AMVCA.🏆
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