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.
What Nigeria could unlock if transportation were treated as an integrated economic system. I was on a night bus to Loughborough when I met a Nigerian professor from Loughborough University. He was also travelling to Loughborough, and as Nigerians often do when they meet outside the country, our conversation quickly found its way back home….
The Truth Behind the Viral Claim By Ola Aina A claim circulating widely across social media says Nigeria has become the first country to ban white and British models from appearing in advertising, with the suggestion that the country has enough beautiful people of its own and should therefore use Nigerian talent. The claim has…
An identity shaped by memory, rupture and reinvention African American identity sits at a crossroads shaped by memory, rupture and reinvention. For millions of Black Americans, Africa is an ancestral origin that can feel both intimate and distant, a place from which their ancestors came but whose precise communities, languages and traditions may have become…
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…
Her deportation battle has become a debate over more than immigration status, with Nigerians divided between those questioning her decision to remain in South Africa and those defending her right to fight for her status. By Ola Aina From Pageant Controversy to Legal Battle Chidimma Adetshina’s continuing legal battle in South Africa has become a revealing debate…
By Felix Nyerhovwo Jarikre Japa Is More Than an Economic Problem As a young banker in the early 1980s, like many of my colleagues, I did not see going abroad as an opportunity to abandon Nigeria. Going abroad meant acquiring relevant education and skills, with the expectation of returning home to contribute to national development. Permanent…
Can Four Leading Cocoa Producers Rewrite the Rules of Global Trade? By Ola Aina Africa produces more than 70 per cent of the world’s cocoa, giving the continent a dominant position in one of the world’s most important agricultural commodities. Despite this overwhelming role as the primary source of cocoa beans, the countries that produce them…
Three weeks had passed since Ayo attended the Arsenal Development Centre trial, and the silence had begun to feel like an answer. Peter no longer asked Sola whether any new email had arrived. He already knew. Every morning before leaving for work, he checked his inbox. After returning from his security shift, he checked again. …