Opinion

Street art across Africa has matured from informal, often undocumented expression into a dynamic economic sector. African Leadership Magazine reports that the global art market in 2024 registered a value of about US$57 billion. The post-war and contemporary art annual value exceeded US$72million.  However, Africa’s share remains modest at under 1 per cent. But it is…

I’ll use three Yoruba proverbs to describe the situation in which Nigeria has found itself: First, a person must be behind the Oro, before it starts making frightening sounds. Second, if a dog has a person behind it, it will kill a monkey. Third, if Dada can’t fight, he’s got a sharper brother. We’ve had three…

When an item of clothing is donated to charity in Europe, the chances are that it will end up in Africa.  We have the Kantamanto market in Accra and the Katangua market in Lagos. Time magazine reports that the dress you never liked much might end up packed in a bale with hundreds of other cast…

Photo credit; Every day health Stress and anxiety have become common aspects of modern life, and their effects extend well beyond mental health. One of the areas most affected during periods of heightened stress is the digestive system. It is as if our gut becomes directly affected by all that tension as well. The Gut-Brain Axis: A…

God used to be Nigerian! Yes! In my naivety as a tiny tot! Birds chirped like birds, rats squeaked like rats! Never did I need bother; what to eat what to drink what to wear! World revolved around church as a result of indoctrination wanted to float on air since devil was underneath and, God with…

When the Reverend Babinton Macaulay had a dream of founding a school, and James Pinson Labulo Davies bought into the dream by providing a seed funding of 50 pounds sterling to buy books and equipment for the school, I’m not sure the positive collaborators realized they were up to something that would change the facet…