It was an unusually hot Saturday morning. I was scrolling through Instagram absentmindedly when the sound of an acoustic guitar playing a familiar progression made me pause. The nostalgia was immediate and disarming. This time, I held my phone tightly and scrolled back up, trying to locate the sound that had unsettled me. It was…
Elowell Max feature on law, consent, and justice In the past few weeks, a video featuring a Nigerian woman went viral on TikTok, sparking outrage, empathy, and a national conversation about rape in Nigeria, as well as sexual violence as a whole. Social media timelines flooded with reactions — some enraged, some consoling, many questioning…
Valentine’s Day is a polarizing phenomenon. For some, it is a pinnacle of romance, with proposals peaking on Valentine’s night. Couples get cozy, and the atmosphere becomes “romance-saturated.” The “red on red” aesthetic creates a utopian scenery of gift cards, flowers, and heartwarming SMS messages. Recently, I went through my thick, burgundy high school diary….
For some time now, Nollywood has seen huge shifts in terms of film visibility, marketing and promotion. Unlike before, promotion no longer ends with press junkets, trailers, and premieres; it now extends into IG timelines, dance challenges, skits, lip-syncs, and carefully optimized “relatable” content. For many actors, particularly the upcoming ones, this shift has become…
There was a time when a breakup meant distance by default. It was automatic without you even trying too hard. You stopped seeing each other. You stopped knowing. You could heal quietly, away from updates, captions, and photos. Today, breakups don’t just end, they could linger in your feed, depending on how much action you’re…
