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.
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…
The Untold Story of Black Innovation By Ola Aina Standing Among the Stones of Gedi Recently, while visiting the ancient Gedi ruins on Kenya’s coast, I found myself standing in the remains of a city that challenged many assumptions about African history. Gedi, located near Malindi in Kilifi County, is one of the remarkable archaeological sites of the Swahili civilisation….