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On March 17th, 2024, The African Music Library and lawyer and historian Nze Ed Emeka Keazor hosted the official Lagos premiere of Nze Keazor’s film Kimon | Pulse Nigeria

PUNCH Media Foundation (PMF) with support from the U.S. Consulate, Lagos, held an Editorial Cartooning Workshop in Nigeria

An award-winning American editorial cartoonist, Barbara Brandon-Croft, is the primary facilitator of the workshop.

When artists step onto the stage for the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, all except one of the nominees for the newly created Best African Music category will be Nigerians.Nigerian music executive Motolani Alake said the Grammy category was a "long time coming", not just for Nigeria but for Africa.

From Paris hotel lobbies to Mexico City nightclubs, the Afrobeats sounds of Nigeria’s hottest stars get played far from the streets of Lagos, as “naija” culture — slang for Nigeria — crosses increasingly into the mainstream.

By Akintayo Abodunrin    FRANCE-based designer Babatunde Banjoko, whose art in illustration and branding traverses Africa, has been confirmed as one

“Music is the fuel that fires up our souls. It’s the oldest form of communication, predating language itself. African music is synonymous with the word Afrobeats.” So begins the first episode of Journey of the Beats, a new docu-series that follows the journey of Nigerian and black music through the…

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