Imagination Industries The power of the creative sector to lift economies, boost morale and promote tourism has proven phenomenal all over the world. Sandra Obiago, the Lagos-based[...]

Alongside a revolution in technology and mobile telephony taking place across Africa, a futuristic fantasy is bubbling up on the cultural landscape – the madcap world of science fi[...]

Since superstar D’Banj topped UK charts in 2012, Afrobeats music has burst onto the mainstream. How did a cross-pollination of musical genres played in tiny clubs make West A[...]

Angola’s musical and cultural tapestry springs from its frenetic energy. In this soul-tingling part of equatorial Africa, diverse influences coalesce into a booming, modern c[...]

A few years ago, the term ‘Afropolitan’ came to define a modern movement in creative realms from fashion to literature. Then came Afropeans, Afro-optimists and Afropren[...]

Lagos photographer Andrew Esiebo travelled to eight West African cities including Cotonou, Bamako, Dakar and Monrovia, to photograph barbershops. Amidst swivel chairs, football pos[...]