Nelly, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, the rest of the G-Unit crew, Ludachris, Jay Z, Ne-yo, are familiar faces in collages on the walls of barbershops across the country. Sometimes, the wallpapers show them with fast cars, hot girls, and mansions; all the things the primal man desires.

One of the legacies of Jazz to Nigerian music is its conjuncted name structure e.g Miles Davis and His Quintet. This style was adopted in Highlife (e.g Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes), Juju (e.g King Sunny Ade and His African Beats),

Orange Juice - the elixir of enjoyment in Nollywood’s universe. Pair that with barbecue chicken, and then the character is on top of the world.

People often talk about in-groups and out-groups—how we’re cruel to outsiders, how we dehumanize those who are different from us. But I’ve always found it more interesting how communism got people to murder others who were similar to themselves. We spend a lot of time on the

Is MrBeast guilty of the white savior complex? #TeamWater

I would love to research Somaliland for my PhD thesis.

"we have strong hierarchical propensities that are reflected in our desire to put ourselves above others, but we also have strong egalitarian propensities that can be seen when others try to put themselves above us...Hypocrisy is baked into our psychology"

Do we choose our passions or do they choose us?

Fuji does not convey romantic sensibilities, especially in its undiluted form, because it is a chaotic genre. To make a theoretical Fuji love song would require some heavy sonic hybridization.

Seven out of the 10 biggest church auditoriums in the world are in Nigeria. Despite enduring poverty in the country, what explains this?

“African countries need to understand that truly transformative economic growth is based on the development of complex products….. and not on basic or comparative advantage such as natural resources, as is presently the basis of economic policy thinking” - Kingsley Moghalu OON

Metrics like Ease of Doing Business, Corruption Perception Index, etc don’t tell the whole story when it comes to Foreign Direct Investment.

I recently visited Osu Castle and it made me reflect on moral evolution: disaffected.ng/osu-castle/