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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 ❤️
“I’ll go into mourning! I’ll wear black for the first year because of no amala.” 😂
Behind the scenes of her cover shoot, our cover star Ayoade Bamgboye, takes on “9 Questions with Culture Custodian”.
Get The Custodian: Good People, Great Nation? here: linktr.ee/CultureCustodian?u…
🎨 Matthew ‘Blaise’ Nwozaku (@Blaise_21) is building Obodo Nigeria into a vital creative home and funding hub for queer artists across West Africa.
Here is how the non-profit is championing bold storytelling and safe community spaces
culturecustodian.com/obodo-q…
🎬 Despite major festival wins at BFI London and Tribeca, Vincho Nchogu’s debut feature One Woman, One Bra struggles to tie its ambitious subplots together.
Inside our review of the visually brilliant but narratively jumbled Kenyan-Nigerian film: culturecustodian.com/vincho-…
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🦸🏾♂️ Moroccan-Belgian superhero film Atoman hits North American cinemas in early 2027 after landing a major US and Canada distribution deal.
How Anouar Moatassim’s sci-fi adventure is breaking ground for African genre cinema: culturecustodian.com/morocca…
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The Custodian Issue 2: Good People, Great Nation? is OUT NOW! 🇳🇬🔥
Nigeria’s greatest strength is its people. But is personal goodness enough to build a great nation? We explore the tension in this issue.
Get your print copy now: linktr.ee/CultureCustodian?u…
Money is really great indeed! 💰🔥
Financial freedom is really what lets artists explore life, pick up new interests and experiment creatively in ways we may have never gotten to know about. Case in point: Olamide Badoo! 🙌🏾
Full @WithAnSpod episode: podpage.com/with-an-s/money-…
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💇🏾♀️ At Lagos Fashion Week 2026, L’Oréal Professionnel Paris teamed up with Orange Culture to bring The In-Between to life on the runway.
Inside the collaboration blending expressive hairstyling with everyday hair care between transformations
culturecustodian.com/the-bea…
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Is it possible for an artist to evolve personally while their music declines? Absolutely.
Our piece explores this distinction through Seyi Vibez’s SWAGUU and why artistic evolution shouldn’t be a shield against honest music criticism.
Read more: culturecustodian.com/dear-ar…
Culture Custodian, thanks for confirmimg the rumours that you cannot objectively comment on the art without bias, i might not agree with SVs antics on social media but to disparage his art based off that sentiment breaks the number one rule of journalism. Your job is to offer commentary on the culture and not be partisan @takingCustody
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Meet Ayoade Bamgboye, comedian, actor and our first cover star for The Custodian Issue 2: Good People, Great Nation?
From Edinburgh Comedy Award winner to Saturday Night Live UK, she’s a voice redefining comedy.
Discover her story in Issue 2.
Photography: @asamaiige
Creative Direction: @ifeaminu
Set design: @mobolaseye
Styled by: @buyerbewear
Head of Story: Adetoun Samiat Alamutu
Editor-in-chief: @Mayowaidowu
Plantashun Boiz got their name from a Boney M song, but their breakup was anything but melodious.
From hit records to court cases and public fallouts, what tore 2Baba, Faze and Blackface apart?
We unpack it all on Carnivores. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/1n9…
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What happened to the Shallipopi everyone used to vibe to?! Bring him back! 😭
On the latest @WithAnSpod, Deji gets into Shallipopi’s music and whether the excitement that once surrounded every release is beginning to fade.
Full episode: podpage.com/with-an-s/money-…
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Plantashun Boiz had the vocals, melodies and chemistry. So what led to their shocking 2004 breakup?
2Baba, Faze and Blackface defined an era, but behind the hits were years of fallouts.
What went wrong? Find out on Carnivores. open.spotify.com/episode/1n9…
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We love a slow jam, but seven in a row with the same flow? 👀
Bola discusses FOLA and BNXN’s sonic evolution, praising BNXN’s experimentation while challenging FOLA to switch things up.
Full conversation on With An S: open.spotify.com/episode/0d1…
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GUESS WHO’S ON THE COVER! Yes, The Custodian, Issue 2, has 2 covers.🔥 HINT: If you watched Saturday’s announcement video closely, you may have already spotted our cover stars.
All guesses are welcome. Let’s hear them in the replies! 🇳🇬
The Custodian Issue 2 is coming very soon but before then, let’s run it back! 🔥
Titofunmi Oladejo from Culture Custodian’s Distribution team takes us back to Issue 1, “Flavours of Youth”, with her top five pieces she simply can’t forget. 👇🏾
On day two of the African Film and Content Market (AFCM), conversations moved beyond making films to the business of keeping production companies alive, securing distribution, attracting international funding and more.
Read more: culturecustodian.com/afcm-da…
#AFRIFF #AFCM
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The experience you’re waiting for after graduation? Start building it now.
Tosin Eniolorunda shares how a student job opened doors to Interswitch and shaped his career on Overnight Success.
Watch now: youtu.be/IsZ13mEV1QU?si=vNha…
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For Tosin Eniolorunda, building Moniepoint is about more than valuation. It’s about empowering the SMEs that keep Nigeria’s economy alive.
The Moniepoint co-founder shares the purpose behind his life’s work on Overnight Success. Watch now: youtu.be/IsZ13mEV1QU?si=vNha…
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