Does Afrobeats Really Need All Those remixes?
The rise of remix culture is having a huge impact on Afrobeats. For better and for worse.
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The Cost of Creativity: How Flawed Copyright Rulings Can Harm Artists and the Industry
Last week, sanity prevailed in the music industry as Ed Sheeran came out triumphant in a suit for copyright infringement. But what if the verdict had gone wrong?
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‘Aníkúlápó’ is Not Enough. Nollywood Needs More Historical Epics
Westerners, through Hollywood, push false historical narratives at will. The same is possible for Nigerians, albeit without the false narrative part.
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Remembering Rachel Dolezal in an Age of Dissent
Call it cultural appropriation, perhaps it is the freedom to choose.
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What Can ‘New’ Nollywood Learn from Korean Drama? The case of Shanty Town
Korean drama does very well. It takes a not-so-new idea and root it into the Korean way of life. Nigerian films should tell our own stories without apology or affectation.
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