Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Life stories of Nigerian political leaders, monarchs, activists, writers, artists, and other influential historical figures.
Port Harcourt History: The Powerful 1913 Story of Lewis Harcourt, Frederick Lugard and a Colonial City
Port Harcourt history begins with a series of colonial decisions involving geography, railway construction, maritime surveys, commerce and political power. The city that eventually...
Bola Johnson: The Remarkable Highlife Storyteller Who Shaped Nigerian Pidgin Culture
Bola Johnson belonged to a generation of Nigerian entertainers who worked at a moment of extraordinary cultural change. In the years after independence, highlife...
8 Defining Years of Clement Isong
Clement Isong assumed leadership of the Central Bank of Nigeria in August 1967, barely weeks after the Nigerian Civil War had begun. He inherited...
Private Adisa Olanegan: The Remarkable Story of a Federal Soldier in the Nigerian Civil War
Private Adisa Olanegan occupies a distinctive place in the visual memory of the Nigerian Civil War. Remembered as a Federal Nigerian soldier who was...
Chief Umobuarie Igberaese: The Powerful Afan Master Who Carried Esan Minstrelsy into the Modern Era
Chief Umobuarie Igberaese occupies a distinctive place in the cultural history of Esanland in present-day Edo State. Remembered above all for his mastery of...
Professor Humphrey Nwosu and June 12: The Defining Story of Nigeria’s Historic 1993 Election
Professor Humphrey Nwosu and June 12 occupy an inseparable place in the history of Nigerian democracy. As Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, NEC,...
Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari: The Pioneering Nigerian Officer Killed in the January 1966 Coup
Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari was one of the most prominent Nigerian Army officers of the generation that carried the country’s armed forces from colonial command...
Stella Owivri in 1970: The Remarkable Miss Nigeria Who Reached the World Stage
Stella Owivri in 1970 occupied an unusual place in Nigerian cultural history. In the same year that the Nigerian Civil War came to an...
Ajani Ogun and the 1976 LP: How Yoruba Theatre Found a New Life on Nigerian Film
Half a century after Ajani Ogun emerged, its importance lies not simply in its age but in the cultural transition it represents. The film...
Arinze Ejiofor: The Doctor Behind a Rare 1981 Highlife LP
Long before the Ejiofor name became internationally associated with cinema, Arinze Ejiofor occupied another artistic world: medicine, guitar music and Nigeria’s evolving highlife tradition....