After reading the sensationalist piece titled Korede Bello’s ‘Mungo Park’ is another beautiful nonsense, which is available on several blogs, I think it is appropriate that the teaching moment presented by the poor representation therein is adequately utilized. From the title, we immediately get a sense of the author’s allegiance to the gallery. It has... Read More

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March 8, 2016

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Review: Korede Bello’s ‘Mungo Park’ is another beautiful nonsense

“Shey you wan discover Mungo Park?” No doubt, Mavin Records gives beautiful works at times but, truth be told, some of the singles we get from Mavin Records acts can be best tagged as “Beautiful Nonsense.” Korede Bello hits us with another single, we like the vibe, the ‎comic visuals, the amazing production which again, caps Don Jazzy as a well nurtured... Read More

Don Jazzy, Korede, Mungo Park, review, tag

May 20, 2013

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Opinion: Boko Haram and a woman born in Zaria

by Patience Akpan-Obong If you are non-white or have a ‘foreign’ name, you’re constantly encountering people who dismiss the fact that you might have been born in a hospital down the road and ask, “Really, where are you from?” I had known this friend for several years before I ‘discovered’ her Zaria roots. Okay, I didn’t... Read More

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