Culture · Lagos, Nigeria
The Last Hour of Lagos Light
Between 6 and 7pm the city changes register. We followed four traders, a tailor and a bus conductor through the hour that holds Lagos together.
Amaka Obi · 9 min read
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Music · Yaba, Nigeria
The Producer Who Refused To Leave
Tunde Bakare turned down three label deals to keep making records in a two-room flat in Yaba. His argument: proximity is the sound.
Kofi Mensah · 7 min read
Craft · Bonwire, Ghana
What The Loom Remembers
A family in Bonwire has woven the same cloth for six generations. The pattern is a document, and it is being read again by a new market.
Nana Adjei · 11 min read