Culture & HeritageLifestyle African Fabrics as Identity: Adire vs. Kente vs. Kitenge by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 1 month ago by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 1 month ago 353 views African fabrics do more than just cover bodies. They carry stories, values, history, resilience, and identity. In communities where oral history weaves meaning into cloth, each fabric becomes a visible … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & HeritageLifestyle Ifá Divination: From Ile-Ife to Cuba and Brazil in the African Diaspora by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 1 month ago by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 1 month ago 275 views Some belief systems do not fade even when people are uprooted; they simply travel quietly within memory, within language, and within ritual. Among the Yoruba people, Ile-Ife is regarded as … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & HeritageFood & RecipesLifestyle The Trans-Saharan Spice Trail: From Kano to Morocco’s Culinary Culture by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 1 month ago by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 1 month ago 235 views Before highways, airports, and shipping containers arrived in Africa, they already had a system for transporting goods globally. They moved goods, ideas, and flavours slowly but intentionally across vast distances. … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
ArtCulture & HeritageNEWS AND INSIGHTS Turkey Announces Repatriation of 76 Nigerian Artefacts by Familugba Victor 1 month ago by Familugba Victor 1 month ago 194 views In a significant stride for international cultural diplomacy, the Republic of Turkey has identified 76 historical artefacts, crafted from wood and metal and believed to have originated in Nigeria. This … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Food & RecipesNigerian Dishes Diaspora Food Brands: How Nigerian Chefs Are Exporting Taste by Mercy Idoko Ifunanya 2 months ago by Mercy Idoko Ifunanya 2 months ago 268 views Nigerian food did not go global because governments planned it. It went global because Nigerians moved abroad and refused to let their taste buds change. Today, diaspora food brands are … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & HeritageLifestyle African Traditional Religions: Resilience in the Modern Diaspora by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 2 months ago by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 2 months ago 316 views There is a kind of strength that African traditional religions have. One that does not announce itself loudly nor sit in grand buildings nor depend on written laws, but lives … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
ArtLifestyle Traditional Pottery: A Comparison of Abuja and Ethiopian Styles by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 2 months ago by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 2 months ago 260 views Clay is one of the oldest storytellers in Africa. Long before written history, people shaped the earth with their hands, turning soil into vessels that could hold water, food, memory, … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
ArtExplore AfricaLifestyle Lagos Art Galleries Curating Contemporary African Masters by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 2 months ago by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 2 months ago 265 views There is a side of Lagos state that does not shout with traffic horns or rush with endless movement. It exists behind gallery doors, in quiet rooms filled with colour, … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Explore AfricaLifestyle Nigerian Pidgin: A Unifying Language Across West Africa by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 2 months ago by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 2 months ago 407 views Infants, teens, adults, and grandparents all speak the same language in West Africa. It flows through markets, streets, campuses, music studios, and social media. Regardless of the speaker’s tone, everyone … 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
FestivalsLifestyle Calabar Carnival: How Nigeria’s Biggest Street Party Inspires Africa by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 2 months ago by Leyira Virtue Barisuka 2 months ago 503 views There is a time of the year when Calabar becomes a living stage, when the streets are filled with music, when there are costumes everywhere on the road, when drums … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail