More importantly if the EP’s variation in style and theme is any indication, it might be a different Q-dot that emerges on the other side of it.
Oyo – The Alaafin of Oyo’s PlaceScene Opens on Alaafin Abiodun talking to Fadare, an Ifa priest, several Ilaris are also standing by, waiting for their orders. ABIODUNFadare, Thanks for the positive news as usual. We appreciate Ifa for his kindness to us in Oyo. FADAREIfa be praised, but my lord they say: “It is […]
Editor’s note: Here is the conclusion of the piece yesterday about Q-dot Alagbe the Quintessential Performer. If you missed the first part, you can read it here. Like another notable singer in the Yoruba hip hop space, 9ice, Q-Dot also tends to dip into the Yoruba culture, but while 9ice plays it straight as an […]
Editor’s Note: The piece is a fairly long read, so for ease of reading, it has been divided into two parts. This is the first part of the piece. In 2013, a young Lagos based musician with the moniker “Q-Dot Alagbe” announced his arrival on the Nigerian hip hop scene with a single known as […]
Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your search for love and wisdom.”
There is a sentiment I often hear when I am at “intellectual” events, especially if the event is a University students/graduate centered “summit”/ lecture/seminar.” The interesting thing about this sentiment is that it always reaches its height during Big Brother Naija (A popular reality TV show in Nigeria, for those wondering) season. The sentiment is […]
“The Poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me” Matthew 26:11, The Bible, NIV The inspiration for this piece came some months ago when myself and some acquaintances were chilling on the beachfront in Lagos. One of us was complaining about how, whenever she goes to a […]
Sometime ago, in my church, We had a bible study session about God’s expectations for Nigerian Christians in Nigerian Politics. A particular point of discussion that came up was about how Christians have failed Christ and God with their conduct in leadership roles and politics in Nigeria. As expected, we all did the regular bible […]
On October 2, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident, a Washington Post columnist walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul for some consular papers and ZAP! He never walked out again. After pressure from different quarters, the Saudi Government owned up to have killed him inside the consulate. Now our Regular analyst Dr Abimbola Lagunju weighs […]
They often forget that most mathematical and scientific concepts (Pythagoras Theorem, Archimedes principle, Polynominals) are not even English to start with. They were mostly either assimilated or borrowed (in some cases even stolen) from Greek and Latin. Yet English has assimilated those terms so perfectly that it is difficult to tell which one is English and which one is not. So the question is if the English linguists can do it, why can’t our native linguists do it too?