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[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

We’re elated to announce Cinematic Vanguards 🎞️

During this campaign, we’re spotlighting women like Joke Silva, @HenshawKate, @UzoamakaPower, @NoraAwolowo, @dadaomowunmi who are shaping Nollywood in different capacities.

Happy International Women’s Day ❤️

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

In this week’s Sex Diary, a woman writes about wanting intimacy in theory, freezing when it became real, and the uncomfortable possibility that what she craved most wasn’t intimacy, but pursuit.

🔗 Read the full story here: https://t.co/GPknq5pjSd

New entry, every week. 💌

[noid. @iquivoid]

Some really important stories for @takingCustody over the holidays.

The story on Purple Lagos is especially poignant in light of the backlash to Group Therapy, Ibadan, and Monochroma's Oskido announcement.

Read all here: https://t.co/I3QVaPLlTU

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

Yes, we also examined how in Nigeria, shame has moved from social boundary to content strategy here: https://t.co/uPYbPo5hlC

[evi. @evistarrrr]

saw this on substack & whew!

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

“I genuinely thought everybody got beaten at home.”

This week’s As Told By Ada follows an oldest daughter who grew up confusing survival with love, anger with discipline, and responsibility with adulthood.

🔗Read Here: https://t.co/ua6edsFK0V

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

Latto & Wizkid just teased an incoming collab via Instagram! 👀

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

With over 10k+ soundtracks to his name, one would think OG Nollywood songwriter Stanley Okorie would be celebrated more for his scoring classics.

But that is not the case & with Nollywood scoring now heading in a new direction, will Stanley ever get the recognition he deserves?

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

“Being the oldest daughter gave me severe depression. All that pressure, and for what?”

On this week’s As Told By Ada, this week’s Ada narrates the emotional cost of growing up “the first" & the battles she faces choosing herself first now.

Read here ⬇️

https://t.co/USjSCtLYVM

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

"If you sneeze too much, 1 million becomes 900k”

- @the_phage on #MyFirstMillionbyCC

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

2020, a star was born.

6 years, 3 billion+ streams later, the star continues to be the voice of a generation navigating heartbreak & loneliness, with his "Afro-depression" sound 🎶

This is the story of @Omah_Lay 💜

[Dami Ajayi @JollyPaps1]

"Oba, a song that starts out as hip-hop, becomes calypso with a prominent Spanish guitar, transitions to soca, inhabits the spirit of Public Enemy and New York boom-bap with a bongo heart, and returns home to Afro-fàájì before deconstructing again" joyous

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

“If this were his final record, a prelude to retirement, would M$NEY be fitting?

No, it would not. It is not good enough to extend his legacy.”

Read our full review of Asake’s latest offering: https://t.co/KHoWHQGkAQ

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

Sex Diaries is back.

In our first entry, a man reflects on moving from jealousy and obsession to discovering he no longer wanted to be the only one.

🔗 Read the full story: https://t.co/ZUhP25VswY

New diary, every week. 💌

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

👏🏿Brotherlyyy.

Congrats to Bucci Franklin as he wins the Best Supporting Actor for his role in “To Kill a Monkey” at the 2026 #AMVCA.🏆

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

🚨@heisrema to perform at the 2026 World Cup opening ceremony in the United States alongside Tyla, Future, LISA, Katy Perry & Anitta 🏆 ⚽️

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

Tyla is set to perform at the 2026 World Cup opening ceremony in Mexico City on June 11.

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

The new IGP came with fresh promises and renewed hope for reform.

But incidents like the recent police killing show how little has changed within the system.

For change to happen in the Nigerian Force, brutality and impunity cannot remain the norm. https://t.co/ip7q4RTg6a

[Chibuzor Iwobi @JeSuisChiby]

The New Lagos Night Out: How Branded Community Parties Are Changing Lagos Nightlife

💪🏼 @takingCustody https://t.co/gmc1XKNNSP

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

.@asakemusik releases trailer for his upcoming album, "M$NEY."📀

Out this Friday.

[The Culture Custodian @tweetedbyCC]

🚨Ayra Starr announces new studio album 💿

“Starr Girl" out in July

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

It extends this logic into culture, enabling African and Black creativity, and expression to move through systems where they can scale, and retain value.

African excellence deserves global presence, and this is the framework through which the Founder, Amuzat Waris, operates.

[Culture Custodian @takingCustody]

To represent culture at the highest level is one thing. To intentionally preserve, elevate, and globalize it through structure is another.

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