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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Nneka: Mother is Supreme

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“Can you tell me, Okonkwo, [Uchendu asked] why it is that one of the commonest names we give our children is Nneka, or ‘Mother is Supreme...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Oshun: Goddess of Love and Sweet Waters

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Oshun is the Yorùbá Orisha (Deity) of the sweet or fresh waters (as opposed to the salt waters of Yemaya ). She is widely loved, as She is ...
Monday, February 16, 2015

The Challenge of Change--A Burden of Choice, by Wole Soyinka

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First, let us not simplify the challenge. There are no blacks and whites. It is not a contest between saints and demons, not one between ...

Why Nollywood Can't Lose This Goodluck, by FAJ

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President Goodluck Jonathan decorated as Actors Guild of Nigeria's Grand Patron Let us admit it - we have never seen any President ...

Pirating Nollywood: AY Petitions Police IG Over '30 Days in Atlanta'

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Dear Sir, It is with the deepest sorrow that I pen these words. I have never understood the true meaning of the saying “only the one we...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

New Media and Africa's Urban Dictionary

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IF you want to get a real sense of a country’s cultural pulse, listen to the slang. It’s one of the best gauges of what a culture thinks ...

For Val's Day: 5 Love Epics in Africa's History

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Cleopatra's legacy has been vigorously contested, the subject of myth, embellishment, and propaganda  “Forget what they say about m...

Understanding Animism Today

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Animism is the view that human beings on the earth live — whether they know it or not — in community with persons who are not human beings...

Naija Celebs and Political Prostitution, by Etcetera

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Some say Afro Candy is a prostitute. Some say she’s not or at least, not yet. A few others say she’s a porn star, which is not in the same ...

King Jona's Snub, by Pius Adesanmi

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Ipile ti Jesu Fi lele leyi Ti Baba Aladura n to,  Keda mase ro pe  O ye kuro nibe  O duro le Kristi apata Kerubu e yo Serafu ...
Friday, February 13, 2015

Rigor in Myth and Science--Same Difference

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"Whatever our ignorance of the language and the culture of the people where it originated, a myth is still felt as a myth by any read...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Of Animism and Belief in Reincarnation

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"In Oriental [and African] cultures there is widespread belief in reincarnation, while in religions of the Western world, like Christ...

Jeta Amata Misses the Plot in 'Black November'

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( SabiNews )-- I really wanted to enjoy watching Jeta Amata’s movie Black November but like an errant step child, it kept rebuffing my love...
Monday, February 09, 2015

Religious Intolerance: As It was in the Beginning...

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"While the [sixteenth century European] explorers traveled, their homelands often came ablaze with the fires of persecution and war....
Sunday, February 08, 2015

A Nollywood Prayer of Supplication

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Dear God, p lease  Give me the nature of JIM IYKE  So as to never allow anyone intimidate me  A heart like RAMSEY NOAH’s  To love m...
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NollyCulture – a curating forum at the intersection of media, religion, and culture – explores Nollywood, the cinema of Nigeria, and its framings of religion and culture in contemporary Africa as well as the traditions, worldviews, and debates that inform its perspectives and representations.
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