23. Afro-Marxism in Nollywood? - A review of Saworoide (1999)
"The parable of the drum as the voice of the people" Another one for the film heads -- our review of Tunde Kelani's classic Saworoide (1999). Is this the first (and only) Nollywood film to advocate f...
31 Juli 20231h 21min
22. Did the Left learn anything from the Obidient Wave? Part 1
This is the first of a two-part episode examining what the Nigerian Left learned from the Obidients. To tackle this, we review a series of articles about the Labour Party and Peter Obi that were writt...
1 Juli 202342min
21. "Buhari walked so that Tinubu could run": From right wing-statism to the Lagos Model
In this episode, we put @SaeeduH on the hot-seat to discuss his recent article for @Africaisacountry on the ideological and economic legacies of the Buhari administration (we also challenge @SLASHER_O...
23 Juni 20231h 12min
Scam Hall of Fame Ep 2: The Time Nigeria Imported White Zimbabwean Farmers
In the second volume of our 'scam hall of fame' mini-series, we explore a classic Nigerian haux that might not have been the most daring or expensive, but was certainly the weirdest: the time Kwara St...
11 Maj 20231h 25min
20. Marxism vs Obi-ism pt.2: A Socialist Labour Party candidate in the National Assembly? ft. Ayo Ademiluyi
We are joined once again by Ayo Ademiluyi (@ComAdemiluyi), the disputed Labour Party House of Reps candidate for Eti-Osa, Lagos, to discuss the LPs victory in his constituency. Having won the LP prima...
3 Apr 202350min
19. Election Post-mortem: class, ideology, and consciousness
In which we attempt to assess last weekend's governorship elections from the point of view of our regular thematic pre-occupations.
27 Mars 20231h 11min
18. Was it rigged?
In which we discuss the (s)election of a new president - not of the NLC, that's for later - but of our glorious federal republic. In addition to offering various takes on the titular question, we als...
3 Mars 20231h 3min
17. 2023 -- Naira Scarcity, Elections, and Elite Roforofo
Coming back from our harmattan hiatus, we round out the presidential campaign banter with a discussion about the naira scarcity: whether it really is engineered by 'the cabal' (per El Rufai's claim);...
23 Feb 20231h 23min
