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Bada Akintunde-Johnson.

From Dreams of Music, Football, & TV, a Media Executive Sets His Style

As Paramount’s Country Director for Nigeria, Bada Akintunde-Johnson wants to model a new mode of business and creative leadership. “You can’t exert the highest possible positive influence on people without connecting with them on a deep personal level,” he said in this extensive interview — our first in a series with industry leaders.
Otosirieze

November 4, 2022

How Centre for Memories Conserves Igbo History and Culture

The Enugu-based hub, whose exhibitions, screenings, and lecture series have drawn 7,000 visitors, is, executive director Iheanyi Igboko says, “grooming a generation of young people who are not only grounded in their history and culture but proud of their Igbo identity.”
Paula Willie-Okafor
A visitor at Centre for Memories, Enugu.

November 2, 2022

“They Don’t Know How We Feel Inside”: Families of SARS Victims Speak in Devastating Documentary

Awaiting Trial finds the emotional core of police brutality and the End SARS protests in Nigeria. It is “a deliberate telling of the consequences of the death and damage dealt on all of us,” said narrator and executive producer Chude Jideonwo.
Otosirieze

October 25, 2022

Emeka Ugwu, Newly Named Art Director of OCM, on Creating a Visual Language of Africanness

The multidisciplinary designer, whose clients include NASA, UNESCO, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, makes work that is “unusual and unique.”
Otosirieze
Emeka Ugwu, Art Director of Open Country Mag

July 20, 2022

In Affectionate Open Letter, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Endorses Peter Obi for President of Nigeria

The influential culture icon had social media spinning with her birthday note to the Labour Party candidate, already the hot favourite for young Nigerians.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie with Peter Obi at a burial event for her mother Grace Ifeoma Adichie.

April 7, 2022

On The Offside Musings, Okey Ndibe Tackles Nigerian Politics

The podcast, with co-host Emeka Onyeagwa, is a “deep and often entertaining insight into Nigerian current affairs and culture.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Okey Ndibe by Rex Features/Associated Press.

October 28, 2021

Ben Okri Joins Letters to the Earth Climate Campaign

The Booker Prize winner performs his letter in a video with his family, ahead of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26). “It’s time,” he said, “to show that we human beings can be a great force for good on this planet.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Ben Okri, Mirabella Okri, and Charlotte Jarvis. Credit: Tania Hoser-min.

November 4, 2022

A visitor at Centre for Memories, Enugu.

How Centre for Memories Conserves Igbo History and Culture

The Enugu-based hub, whose exhibitions, screenings, and lecture series have drawn 7,000 visitors, is, executive director Iheanyi Igboko says, “grooming a generation of young people who are not only grounded in their history and culture but proud of their Igbo identity.”
Paula Willie-Okafor

November 2, 2022

“They Don’t Know How We Feel Inside”: Families of SARS Victims Speak in Devastating Documentary

Awaiting Trial finds the emotional core of police brutality and the End SARS protests in Nigeria. It is “a deliberate telling of the consequences of the death and damage dealt on all of us,” said narrator and executive producer Chude Jideonwo.
Otosirieze

October 25, 2022

Emeka Ugwu, Art Director of Open Country Mag

Emeka Ugwu, Newly Named Art Director of OCM, on Creating a Visual Language of Africanness

The multidisciplinary designer, whose clients include NASA, UNESCO, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, makes work that is “unusual and unique.”
Otosirieze

July 20, 2022

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie with Peter Obi at a burial event for her mother Grace Ifeoma Adichie.

In Affectionate Open Letter, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Endorses Peter Obi for President of Nigeria

The influential culture icon had social media spinning with her birthday note to the Labour Party candidate, already the hot favourite for young Nigerians.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 7, 2022

Okey Ndibe by Rex Features/Associated Press.

On The Offside Musings, Okey Ndibe Tackles Nigerian Politics

The podcast, with co-host Emeka Onyeagwa, is a “deep and often entertaining insight into Nigerian current affairs and culture.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

October 28, 2021

Ben Okri, Mirabella Okri, and Charlotte Jarvis. Credit: Tania Hoser-min.

Ben Okri Joins Letters to the Earth Climate Campaign

The Booker Prize winner performs his letter in a video with his family, ahead of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26). “It’s time,” he said, “to show that we human beings can be a great force for good on this planet.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

October 26, 2021

Osinachi, the cryto artist.

Osinachi on NFTs, Afrobeats, and Crypto Literature

Africa’s leading crypto artist, who started as a writer, on his two-dimensional collaboration with music producer Don Jazzy, and the potential for literature.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

July 14, 2021

"Information Blackout": Nigerian newspapers stage collective protest.

“Information Blackout”: Nigerian Newspapers Protest Censorship with Front Page

The action, by papers including The Nation, Punch, Vanguard, Daily Sun, Nigerian Tribune, ThisDay, and The Guardian, is in response to National Assembly bills meant to stifle press freedom.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

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