TCMP — Independent journalism and creative storytelling that elevates African voices in the UK, Nigeria, and global diaspora.
TCMP — Independent journalism and creative storytelling that elevates African voices in the UK, Nigeria, and global diaspora.
End of August 2024 Sola opened the front door with two bags of groceries in her hands. She had just returned from Aldi. The children were in the backyard, kicking a football between them, completely unaware that their mother had arrived. Peter was sitting in the living room, watching television. Sola put the groceries down…
Ola Aina A Map That Started a Global Argument It was supposed to be a debate about maps. It has quickly become a debate about Africa, America, colonial history, global power and even the credibility of the United Nations. On September 4, the UN General Assembly adopted the “Correct the Map” resolution by a vote…
Beautiful Nubia, Dr Segun Akinlolu Where Poetry, Music and African Memory Meet Seun Oni Segun Akinlolu, better known as Beautiful Nubia, is a Nigerian composer, arranger, bandleader, poet and writer whose work has, for decades, brought music, language, African cultural memory and social consciousness into the same artistic space. Born in Ibadan in 1968, Akinlolu studied veterinary medicine at the University of Ibadan…
By Ola Aina Ekiti is turning one of Yoruba cuisine’s most enduring traditions into an ambitious global cultural project. Through the World Iyan Carnival, organisers are targeting a Guinness World Record for the largest Iyan pyramid, while linking the celebration to yam cultivation, tourism, heritage preservation and the wider possibilities of Nigeria’s cultural economy. When Tradition Becomes…
British universities are increasingly turning to automatic tuition fee discounts to attract international postgraduate students as falling overseas enrolment, tighter immigration rules and mounting financial pressures reshape the country’s higher education sector. At least 22 UK universities out of 90 reviewed are now offering automatic tuition fee discounts to international postgraduate taught students, according to research by education…
Why Africa’s push to process its own resources is becoming a question not only of development, but of power By Ola Aina For a decade, Dr Akinwumi Adesina stood at the centre of one of Africa’s most consequential economic debates: who truly benefits from the continent’s natural wealth? As President of the African Development Bank from 2015 to 2025, Adesina advanced…
August 2024 Peter ended the call with Mr Ben and stayed upstairs for a moment. He was thinking about David. David had come to Britain as a student. He had not come looking for asylum. He had come to study, complete his education and build a future. After his studies, he moved onto the post-study route. Later,…
The modern father as the “strong arm of guidance” must graduate from the “school of responsibility.” By David Ola “Being a man could be said to be a responsibility, but fatherhood is a high mandate, more than the fulfilment of responsibilities in the home.” This is the distinction we must make as we conclude this…