Is TikTok a safe space for queer Nigerian content creators?
By Mariam Sule
When Harry Itie created a TikTok account, he was looking to escape from the noise on other social media platforms. “I used...
Aïr festival, a melting pot of culture in northern Niger
Launched in 2001 as a tourism appeal product, the Aïr festival took place this year in Iferouane, a town located in the extreme north...
The #ArewaMeToo movement endures
By Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu
When pharmacist Khadijah Adamu logged into Twitter in February, 2019 to narrate the horrific physical abuse she survived at the hands...
Mali : two standard bearers at RFI Discovery Award
Two young artists represent Mali at the 37th edition of the RFI Discovery Award: M'bouillé Koité and Ami Yèrèwolo. An amazon of rap and...
FESPACO 2017: What future for Malian cinema?
The challenges of the training and the jobs in cinema and broadcasting were at the heart of the debates at the 25th edition of...
Book : Mali, between torments and expectations
In a sober book, Anta Barry makes an uncompromising diagnosis of the security, political and humanitarian crisis that has thrown Mali in the midst...
Digital archives immortalize West African culinary and political history
By Kay Ugwuede
The seeds that blossomed into Ozoz Sokoh’s FeastAfrique, a digital archive and library of West African culinary history, were several: past experiences...
In Mali, two sites classified in the national cultural heritage
On November 1, two decrees adopted in the Council of Ministers classify the Kamadjan Arch site in Siby and the Kamablon, sacred hut of...
Queer Nigerians return to a homophobic learning environment
By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye
In December 2020, the umbrella body for Nigerian lecturers, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU) called off its strike, and...