Ayo Maff has added another remarkable milestone to his fast-rising career, becoming the first African artist to be featured as a character in PUBG Mobile, one of the world’s most influential mobile gaming franchises. The collaboration places the Nigerian singer and songwriter inside a digital universe with a global audience, marking an unusual but increasingly important intersection between African […]
For more than four decades, Angélique Kidjo has carried the sounds of Benin into rooms, stages and audiences far beyond the continent. On 18 August 2026, that journey found a permanent address on Hollywood Boulevard as the five-time Grammy winner became the first African musician, and the first Black African artist, to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk […]
Adekunle Gold’s “Many People” is taking its journey from Nigerian streets and Fuji traditions into one of the world’s most recognisable gaming environments. The song has been selected for the official eFootball 2027 soundtrack, placing the Nigerian singer-songwriter’s music alongside an international line-up of artists whose records will soundtrack matches played by millions of football fans and gamers around […]
Nigerian businessman and philanthropist Dr. Tunji Olowolafe has turned the memory of his late wife, Gbemisola Olutayo Olowolafe into a monumental legacy now being carried forward through an investment in the future of ophthalmic surgery. His foundation has funded the establishment of what has been reported as West Africa’s first ophthalmic surgical simulation centre, a specialised facility in Lagos […]
African fashion has moved beyond the question of whether the world is paying attention. The more important question now is who will capture the value. For decades, African fashion was too often presented to the world through a narrow vocabulary: traditional prints, ceremonial clothing, craftsmanship and colour. That picture is no longer large enough. Across Lagos, Accra, Johannesburg, Nairobi, […]
Stephen Curry is still playing. He is still walking into NBA arenas, still taking the shots that changed the geometry of basketball, still adding to a career that has not reached its final chapter. Yet the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has already begun telling his story. On July 24, the Hall opened “Stephen Curry: Beyond the Arc”, making […]
Long before sculpture became a familiar presence in Nigeria’s public spaces, Felix Idubor was already asking a more interesting question: what happens when art becomes part of the building itself? For Idubor, sculpture was never confined to the gallery or the pedestal. It could live in an entrance, occupy a wall, define a civic space or become part of […]
Wizkid’s catalogue has travelled further than most Nigerian artists of his generation. Remember the streetwise confidence of “Holla at Your Boy”, the intimate storytelling of “Ojuelegba”, the global phenomenon of “Essence”? His biggest records have become part of the soundtrack of modern African pop. But behind those songs are writers, producers and collaborators whose contributions are often less visible […]
For David Jonsson, the journey to Wakanda began far from Hollywood. It began in East London, in Custom House, where the British actor grew up in a community he has described with affection but without romanticising its difficulties. Now, at 32, Jonsson stands at the centre of one of cinema’s most consequential casting decisions: he has been chosen to […]
Long before the world watched him conquer George Foreman in Kinshasa, Muhammad Ali began building a relationship with Africa that would become one of the defining dimensions of his life and legacy. In 1964, only months after defeating Sonny Liston to claim the world heavyweight championship, the young champion, then widely known as Cassius Clay, arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, […]
