Category: Culture

The Igala community is an ethnic group located in Kogi State, an eastern part of the Nigerian country. The capital

Festivals are a part of the Nigerian culture; no year passes by without the various Nigerian ethnic groups, such as

African literature refers to literary works written mostly by Africans in any language. Over the years, there has been a

African festivals as rites of passage Rites of passage are as old as time and not just a recent thing

Credit for the two images used in this article goes to Reuters photographer, Siegfried Modola. I have already written about

Part of what makes a continent unique is the way they marry. Africa is not an exception. Marriage ceremonies in

Igbo people do not joke with yams – the exact reason a festival exists to celebrate it. The new yam

You would think that Nigeria is perfectly patriarchal, but obviously not in Yorubaland. In Nigeria, Yorubaland refers to the seven