Urhobo Music Is 21st Century Ready
Urhobo Music Is 21st Century Ready An overview of Modern Urhobo music played by traditional exponents, Okpan Arhibo and King Enakpodia. The modern sound of the Isologu played by Lucky…
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Folovo Ends Corruption
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Efe Ajagba: Time of Reckoning
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A Bullet For A Rogue Harms Only Thieves
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Creed Taylor and the Origins of Smooth Jazz
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Who Eats Who: The Sweetness of Nigeria?
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In Search of the Mufugbens
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Nigeria – A Society of Extremes
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The Lure of Collecting Jazz Albums
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What Is Academic Jazz, Does It matter?
What Is Academic Jazz, Does It matter? “Academic jazz” is a phrase that startles me. What does it mean? Today, jazz music, jazz dance and jazz poetry are mainstream academic…
Ayo Odebisi’s Embrace: Words of Henry Miller
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Where is Nigeria’s Great Middle-Class in 2021?
Where is Nigeria’s Thriving Middle-Class in 2021? The Youth Want to Know. A truism of economies is they thrive when they have a large stable middle-class. In the mid-2010s, one…
Mufugbenous and Mufugbeneity Means?
Mufugbenous and Mufugbeneity Means? Since January 2021, friends, acquaintances and even strangers overwhelmed me with questions about a couple of words I often use in speech and writing. I was…