Showing posts tagged "culture"

Beyond the Wall's Gaze

From that vantage point, I had an unintimidating view of Zuma Rock, and I would go up there to watch the sunset in the evening. On idle days, I whiled away the hours trying to synchronize my heartbeat with the pulsing red light atop a radio mast near our apartment

Involuntary Chants

I've been trying to diagnose a phenomenon that I noticed in myself for a few months. I don't know what to call it, but I'll go with "Involuntary Chants." That might not be a fitting name, but I'll describe it using two instances.

Lessons from Ajegunle-style music in the 90’s

Although their songs had different lyrics, they mostly told a similar Nigerian story, which is also similar to what Fela narrated in his song

I have a problem with color

In recent months, I've been thinking a lot about the history of the use of color to refer to people. Why we do it and how it began. As a current human, you probably know that races are primarily divided into black, white, and brown.

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