Empowering African Creatives through Community, Educational Exposure and Networking opportunities through
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One thing consistently present in the biggest songs in the world is memorability. Because regardless of genre, language or production style, hit records almost always contain a recurring MELODY or a HOOK that fans can instantly remember after one listen. Artistes, take note.
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup but 14 players of Nigerian descent representing 8 different nations will be present at this summer's competition
Michael Olise ๐ซ๐ท
David Alaba ๐ฆ๐น
Carney Chukwuemeka ๐ฆ๐น
Bukayo Saka ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Eberechi Eze ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Noni Madueke ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Jamal Musiala ๐ฉ๐ช
Felix Nmecha ๐ฉ๐ช
Ime Okon ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Tani Oluwaseyi ๐จ๐ฆ
Promise David ๐จ๐ฆ
Manuel Akanji ๐จ๐ญ
Noah Okafor ๐จ๐ญ
Folarin Balogun ๐บ๐ธ
Pheelz spent nearly a decade producing hits for other people.
He produced for Olamide. He produced for Davido. He made the beats that built other artists' careers.
And then one day he decided to stop making others famous and make himself famous instead.
Finesse came out in 2022 and the internet lost their minds.
He wasn't a new talent. He was a veteran who'd been hiding in the credits all along.
The whole time Nigeria was dancing to his beats, they didn't even know his name.
Imagine working in silence for 10 years and then stepping forward with a debut that takes over the continent.
That's patience. That's confidence. That's Pheelz.
Which Nigerian producer-turned-artist do you rate the most? ๐
Nigeria's Kanu Nwankwo still holds the record as the youngest UEFA Champions League winner (modern era).
Aged 18 years and 296 days old when Ajax won it in 1994/95.
#UCL
Mama Nike was one of 15 wives. When she left her husband to make art, the other 14 wives chose to follow her...
Artist Nike Davies Okundaye - better known as Mama Nike - grew up in an area of Nigeria where polygamous marriages were common. Her own father had three wives.
The women in her family were makers of traditional adire cloth. From the age of six, Mama Nike's great grandmother, mother, and aunt taught her how to spin, weave and dye.
"I didn't know it was my own future food," says Mama Nike - because, despite her family's craft, money was scarce.
At the age of 13, her father decided to marry her off to someone who already had several wives.
But her great grandmother wanted her to choose her own marriage - and so did Mama Nike. She escaped from the men who had come to take her away, and trekked for five days back to her village.
"It's the biggest risk I ever took," she says. "I didn't care if I died."
She arrived home exhausted and covered in bee stings. Even so, her father tried to marry her off again. This time, Mama Nike ran away and joined a travelling theatre, until police arrested her and brought her back.
Eventually, she agreed to marry a well-known artist and musician from Oshogbo, a town renowned for its artistic community.
She used her sewing and embroidery skills to make costumes for her husband's band - while trying to make her own art.
"The men didn't want a woman to be an artist. So, I worked in the night, and worked for them in the day," she says.
Her husband went on to marry 14 other women.
Tradition demanded those who were already wives accept each new marriage - but Mama Nike says they didn't always want to.
On one occasion, the husband took the women to a church where they were denied food, water, or access to their children.
Mama Nike says she was forced to agree to her husband marrying an addition woman: "By the third day we said, 'Bring the wife, we're not jealous anymore.' Our mouths were like boards - dry,".
She says living with her husband made her feel "like a lion with no teeth. You have no power."
She began to teach her co-wives traditional adire making skills, and soon, each of them was able to make their own money.
Sick of her husband's control and abuse, Mama Nike left him as soon as she'd saved enough to buy her own place - and the other wives chose to follow her.
She opened her first formal gallery in Oshogbo in 1986.
She is now an internationally renowned artist, with a huge gallery in Lagos where she teaches others and makes her own colourful, beautiful art.
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Copied from at BBC world service
๐จ๐ณ๐ฌ FIFA has confirmed that Super Eagles legend Jay-Jay Okocha holds the record for the most successful dribbles in a single World Cup match, completing 15 dribbles against Italy in the Round of 16 at USA 1994. A 32 years old record that remains unmatched in World Cup history. ๐ฅโจ
Wow ๐คฉ
A Nigerian ๐ณ๐ฌ man has been hailed for risking his life to stop a knife fight involving three teenagers at Burgess Park, London.
The 45-year-old, Hammed Danmole, said he intervened because he could not live with the memory โif one of those boys died.โ
Aso Oke is one of the most beautiful fabrics, locally made, yet elegant, people now use it for different styles depending on how creative your designer is,๐ฅฐ๐โฃ๏ธ
The NEWS is finally out!!!
The Black British Book Festival is BACK, and we're coming BIGGER. ๐ค๐ฅ
Mark your calendars:
๐ Sunday 4th October, 2026
๐ @BarbicanCentre, London
More extraordinary Black authors: powerful panels, live performances, book signings, and the kind of energy you can only feel when the entire community shows up. ๐๐พ
This is Europe's largest Black Book Festival, and you already know what that means.
Save the date. Bring your people. Tell everybody.
More announcements incoming. Stay close. ๐
#BBBF26 #BlackBritishBookFestival #BlackExcellence #ReadBlack #BookFestivalLondon
Happy Africa Day ๐ For us, this day isnโt just about celebrating itโs also about remembering.
Remembering where things really started. The land, the labour, the stories that were taken, reshaped, and taught back to us differently. #TBH365#AfricaDay#BlackHistory
I launched a butter brand called โThe Sunday Larderโ in March and I can say itโs one of the most spontaneous thing Iโve ever done in my life.
These are the flavours I launched with. Canโt wait to introduce more flavours and continue to grow the brand.
Find me here: https://t.co/PuOPVjipwd