Traore or Rape?
Traore or Rape? The title Traore or Rape? may sound odd in many senses. I don’t think so looking at it from a particular series of contexts. the trouble with…
Social Crisis
#FelaForDele
#FelaForDele Over forty years a ago, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti sang the song Power Show in 1981 to critique the inequalities in Nigeria between those who have and those that don’t. The…
Yankius: Seun Leave Igbo?
Yankius: Seun Leave Igbo? Tafia Hallelujah: Yankpikpi which ones? Long time no face to face. Yankius: You only come here with gist that leads to fight. Tafia Hallelujah: This time…
Nigeria: Underestimating Revolution
Nigeria: Underestimating Revolution Not till a revolution happens do men believe in it. – Confucius. When money stops flowing in the streets blood will flow in the streets. – Gerald…
Postcolonial Songs – Neoliberal Overtake
Postcolonial Songs – Neoliberal Overtake Overtake Don Overtake Overtake by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti Fela na Kpoti. We know the Man well enough. The songs of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, simply known as Fela…
Is Jazz Urhobo Music? I
Is Jazz Urhobo Music? I Odeyovwi; Kọdiọ rẹ ihweje – Ancient Urhobo saying. Ọmẹ v’ọroavware diọvo. – Ancient Urhobo saying. Jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie once said jazz was originally a…