Up Coming Events
by Oluchi Obiahu MEET AFRICA FASHION FESTIVAL (MAFEST) 2026 Date: Monday, May 25, 2026 Location: Abuja, Nigeria Get ready for one of the most creative fashion gatherings on the continent. Meet Africa Fashion Festival (MAFEST) 2026 is set to spotlight African ingenuity, sustainable luxury, and the future of eco-conscious design in Abuja. This edition places […]
Past Events
By Oluchi Obiahu CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2026 Dates: May 12 – 23, 2026 For twelve sun-drenched days on the French Riviera, the 79th Festival de Cannes made a confident return to its art-house roots. Under the presidency of South Korean director Park Chan-wook, the Palais des Festivals welcomed a bold slate of auteur-driven films and […]
POETRY
by The Lulu I miss my childhood. I miss the version of me that laughed from the stomach, that ran barefoot without worrying about tomorrow, that thought pain only meant falling from a bicycle. Or taking hot pap and akara on Saturday morning in a rush I thought my life was over when I made […]
The Glamour of the Affair: Why Pop Culture Can’t Stop Romanticizing Betrayal
By Ifeoma Udu Pop culture has a strange obsession: it keeps turning betrayal into beauty. Not kindness. Not consistency. Not emotional safety. Instead, it canonizes longing, chaos, and the toxic myth that love must hurt to be real. From Bridgerton, where restraint is turned into a visual language of almost-touching, to One Day, which stretches […]
From Hand-Stitched to Hashtag Cute
by Francisca Sinjae I don’t think clothes were ever just clothes. In the old photos my grandma keeps, children don’t look like me. They look like small versions of serious people. Boys in stiff shirts, like they were already late for important meetings. Girls in dresses that sit too still, like they were told not […]
Little Fingers, Big Flavours
by Little Luxe I remember taste before I even knew my name. Before I came out to meet the world, I was already tasting it. Not with my mouth-mouth, but in a soft floaty place where everything was warm and a little spicy. I think Mama was eating something comforting… maybe soup, maybe stew, maybe […]
Ms. Rachel: The woman who turned songs, speech, and screen time into a global classroom
by Emmanuella Abraham For millions of children, the voice is instantly recognisable. Slow, warm, animated, and encouraging. But behind the bright colours and nursery rhymes is a far more intentional story, one rooted in education, research, and a deeply personal experience with motherhood. Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, did not set out […]
Designing With AI, Not For It: The new generation of fashion designers is rejecting the idea that technology should replace creativity
by Emmanuella Abraham For years, conversations about artificial intelligence in fashion have been dominated by fear. Fear that algorithms will replace designers. Fear that originality will disappear. Fear that fashion, an industry built on instinct and human perspective, could become automated into something cold and repetitive. But at the Savannah College of Art and Design, […]
The AI Economy Has a Gender Problem: The future of work is being built fast, women are still being left behind.
by Emmanuella Abraham Artificial intelligence is often framed as the next great economic revolution. Governments are investing in it, companies are restructuring around it, and workers across industries are being told to adapt quickly or risk becoming irrelevant. But beneath the excitement sits a quieter reality: the AI economy is not unfolding evenly, and women […]
I Thought I Was Being Practical
by Anonymous There was a period in my life when dating stopped feeling emotional and started feeling strategic. I did not enter that season thinking, “I want to use people.” It was not that simple, and it definitely was not glamorous. I was overwhelmed, financially stretched, emotionally tired, and constantly anxious about how I was […]