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Feb 4, 2025 | 
observer.com | Ernest Nweke
Anthony Azekwoh with Adam and Eve and his work Jesu Christi. Courtesy Anthony AzekwohIn Lagos, Nigeria, multimedia artist Anthony Azekwoh creates art that is easily recognizable—mostly depictions of mythical or legendary figures from various religions and eras, but with a twist. Anansi, Jesu Christi, Oba, Oshun and Oya, the three wives of Sango, Ayra Starr and Methuselah are just some of the figures he has recreated, and these icons, in their recreation, have a few things in common.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
republic.com.ng | Diana Ejaita |Sarah N. Kanu |Ernest Nweke
Photo illustration by Dami Mojid / THE REPUBLIC. Photo 1: Powerlifter, Onyinyechi Mark. HIROKI NISHIOKA /WPPO. Photo 2: Favour Ofili. LSU / IG. Photo illustration by Dami Mojid / THE REPUBLIC. Photo 1: Powerlifter, Onyinyechi Mark. HIROKI NISHIOKA /WPPO. Photo 2: Favour Ofili. LSU / IG. On X (formerly known as Twitter), the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, fought for his life.
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
fairplanet.org | Ernest Nweke
Editor’s note: This story was published in collaboration with Minority Africa as part of the Dual Life Project, which showcases how LGBTQIA persons in Africa are often compelled by society to lead dual lives. At Hertitude, an all-female event organised for women by women, Liber, a 21-year-old trans student, participated in a beauty pageant and was met with violent transphobia online when pictures from the event were posted on Twitter (now X).
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
fairplanet.org | Ernest Nweke
Editor's note: This story was published in collaboration with Minority Africa as part of the Dual Life Project, which celebrates Pride Month by showcasing how LGBTQIA individuals in Africa are often compelled by society to lead dual lives. Childhood and the Struggle with SelfWhen asked about her childhood, Awele responds cheerfully. “I had a very happy childhood. I had a very protected childhood. I had a very soft childhood.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
republic.com.ng | Ernest Nweke
Áfàméfùnà: An Nwa Boi story. NETFLIX. Áfàméfùnà: An Nwa Boi story. NETFLIX.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
republic.com.ng | Peace Onafuye |Carey Baraka |Ernest Nweke |Kechi Nomu
The story of Lagos is incomplete without a chapter on those who provide the fuel needed to keep the people of this megacity constantly moving: street food. Consider Iya Eba Restaurant, which for more than 50 years has contributed to the history of Lagos one plate at a time. WORDS: AYOOLA OLADIPUPOPHOTOGRAPHY: JEAN-FIDÈLE ANANOU Our award-winning stories are only possible through the dedication of our paying subscribers. Support our work by subscribing today.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Ernest Nweke
William Onyeabor: One of modern music's greatest enigmasBy Ernest NwekeFeatures correspondentCourtesy of Luaka BopAfter self-producing eight albums in the 1970s and 80s that went on to become cult classics, William Onyeabor all but disappeared. Now, the elusive figure's eldest son talks to the BBC. He produced eight albums of his own music between 1977 and 1985 in a high-tech studio in rural Nigeria, and then gave up music completely, devoting himself to Christianity.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Ernest Nweke
Emmanuel Ejeh has a barbershop set in a park in Maitama, an affluent area of Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. The last time he travelled to his home town in Benue state more than 200 miles away to see his elderly mother was eight years ago. “Since then, things have continually gotten worse and worse,” he says of his business and personal finances. “Instead of spending so much money on transportation to Benue and back to Abuja, it is better to send part of that money to my mother instead.
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Dec 9, 2023 | 
republic.com.ng | Ernest Nweke
Editor’s note: This essay is available in our print issue, The Age of Afrobeats. Buy the issue here. When P-Square, the singing and dancing duo made up of identical twin brothers, Peter and Paul Okoye, broke into the Nigerian music scene in 2003, no one saw their talent coming. Their music spread like wildfire. You heard their songs wherever you turned.
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Dec 2, 2023 | 
diasporaafrica.org | Ernest Nweke
At first, Xorlali did not know that he was gay until people called him gay in school. When he played dress-up with his mother’s make-up, shoes and clothes, he felt it was a perfectly ordinary thing to do. In his very sheltered life as the only child of a well-off single mother, he could be anything he wanted and still be loved regardless. His childhood was loving. His life was happy.
