Author: Afapinen

Broadcast Pop Culture

Coast Contra

Post author By Afapinen
Post date September 18, 2022

Album Cover, Apt. 505 / coastcontra.com

by Carl Terver

Tags american hip hop, apt. 50, coast contra, eric jamal, give up the goods freestyle, raj austin, rap music, ras austin, rio loz

Profiles

An Artistic Journey of Bereavement: Jindu Enugbe

Post author By Afapinen
Post date August 7, 2022

Jindu Enugbe

by Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

Tags afapinen profiles, exodus 22 18, i never die, jindu enugbe, loss, Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera, Nigerian profiles, painting, street ot

Reviews

God Vs. Africa: Ejike Aneke’s Africa Blames God

Post author By Afapinen
Post date July 27, 2022

Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Ugochukwu Anadi

Tags africa blames god, christianity, ejike aneke, godsplanation, religion, transatlantic slave trade, ugochukwu anadi

Essays

Avant-Garde Theatre: Segun Adefila’s Dis Loyal Judas

Post author By Afapinen
Post date July 24, 2022

Image: Cropped flier of Segun Adefila's "Dis Loyal Jesus" (top); Segun Adefila (bottom) / Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Bestman Michael Osemudiamen

Tags avant-garde, bestman michael Osemudiamen, dis loyal judas, easter, mel gibson, oko owi ocho, paradox, passion of christ, performance, resurrection, segun adefila, the marquee

Poetry

Kelvin Kellman: The Poet as a Cartographer

Post author By Afapinen
Post date July 21, 2022

The poet Kelvin Kellman at the African Studies department, Oxford University.

by Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

Tags A Nigerian Christmas, Kelvin Kellman

Redpill Stories

A Stint in Redpillville

Post author By Afapinen
Post date July 10, 2022

Red Pill Man by Orndir Fanen

by Ubong Johnson

Tags alpha male, dating, girlfriend, lifestyle, Redpill Community, redpillville, simp, simps, ubong johnson

Poetry

Tonite I Am Complete With All the Deaths My Country Has Gifted Me

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 27, 2022

Head of the Golden King Fish by Umar Abubakar Sidi

by CARL TERVER

Tags Carl Terver, deborah samuel, elegy written in may, harira jibril, Nigerian poetry, Tonite I Am Complete With All the Deaths My Country Has Gifted Me

Essays

Samuel A. Adeyemi’s Confession of Unbelief

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 11, 2022

The poet Samuel A. Adeyemi

by Ancci

Tags ancci, applying psalms 121 to a gentile, Arasi Kamolideen Oluwapelumi, christianity, dante, epiphany, faith, faith in god, god, harold bloom, heaven is a metaphor, helen vendler, metaphysical poetry, Nigerian poetry, poetry criticism, samuel a adeyemi, spirituality, the divine comedy, walt whitman

Poetry

Now That I Sing God into Stones

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 6, 2022

Book cover, We Will Sing Water (Sevhage, 2022) / Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by OKO OWI OCHO

Tags benin, crucifix, kwararafa, Nigerian poetry, oko owi ocho, we will sing water

Poetry

Tares Oburumu: someday i will be the shape of my story

Post author By Afapinen
Post date May 27, 2022

The poet Tares Oburumu in the illustration / Orndir Fanen

Poetry Chapbook by Tares Oburumu

Tags afapinen chapbook, finima, heiress, niger delta, Nigerian poetry, someday i will be the shape of my story, tares oburumu