The Ramblings of a Madman

The Dangers of Wearing Suspenders/Braces: A Picture Story

Afam 22:17:00

I realise that this blog isn't really built for fashion blogging and all the things that come with it. I also realise that I am not your ideal fashion blogger for reasons that I shall list below. I'm far too short and unhandsome to be anything that closely resembles a model. I've got into this...

PODCASTS

Podcasts: 90s Baby Radio Show - Episode 2

Afam 13:28:00

This episode of the 90s Baby Radio show hosted by Tosan and Juanita features Tyson Noir, a young Nigerian musician who is perhaps most popular for his song Mercy. He is an interesting subject. The music video of Mercy is so distinctly generic that I feared that I would fall asleep while I watched it....

GAME OF THRONES

Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 5: The Door

Afam 20:01:00

One of the best things about the Game of Thrones is how large its world is. There is no way its plot cannot move, and there is no story that it cannot accommodate. This week showed us how little we know about the future of Westeros and all the other lands that exist in George R. Martin's fictional world. If...

WRITERS JOURNAL

Trending on Afam's mind this week: Welcome to the twitter four digit follower club

Afam 20:25:00

You learn the best lessons from the unlikeliest places. My partner, Mariam and I were sat through a lecture about punk music, hoping to get a story about how the spirit of punk is still with us, even though the music is not. One of the speakers said something that amounted to this: To be successful,...

TIDAL

When the money gets in the way of you and your Tidal

Afam 13:09:00

Like 1.2 million of you, I joined Tidal a month ago so that I could listen to Beyonce's Lemonade as it was intended. I watched the hour long video, and then I played her album in its entirety repeatedly. It's been a month but there has not been a day when I didn't listen to Sorry and flip the...

REVIEWS

Apocalypse: A Nigerian cinema story (SPOILERS)

Afam 09:01:00

By Rachel Jafojo A couple of my cousins, brother and I decided to see X-Men: apocalypse on opening night in Lagos. Any Lagos cinema goer would tell you that Marvel movies are big business here and trying to get tickets on opening night at the Palms would be an exercise in futility...

PODCASTS

Podcasts: 90s Baby Radio Show

Afam 18:08:00

I'm thrilled to present the 90s Baby Radio Show, a fairly new weekly podcast series that I have nearly nothing to do with. Ardent readers of the blog will remember Tosan Mac-Wilshire. When I met him I wrote the following: " I was quite frankly astounded at the ferocity with which he transported...

SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Why J.K Rowling is wrong about Trump

Afam 19:49:00

In Lemonade Beyonce asks, "what are you going to say at my funeral now that you have killed me?" In the album her question is directed at her lover, but in life it extends so much further. It is what I ask when I consider that I may be killed for the colour of my skin, or my African beginnings. My words...

SOCIAL COMMENTARY

TROAM welcomes Burna Boy to the Baby Fatha Club

Afam 10:55:00

I can't think of anything that's wrong with having a Baby Mama. If I could afford a baby, I'd probably have ten so that I could be called the father of many nations like one 2face Idibia. It shows a complete dedication to furthering the cause of humanity, religion or legitimacy be damned. And it's...

LUPITA

Why Queen of Katwe is so Important

Afam 09:50:00

When you hear of the film, Queen of Katwe, you think of Lupita Nyong'o. You think of what she wears, and how she carries herself and the lilt that she has to her voice. She sounds musical and exotic in the way that only those who are products of more than one country can be. You almost forget that...

SUBMARINE AND A ROACH

Submarine and A Roach Episode 3: Open Day

Afam 12:55:00

Our friends, TMT and Kojo have delivered the third episode of their podcast, Submarine and A Roach. This episode is called Open Day and it's mostly about their school boy experiences in Nigeria. When you read that it sounds like a decent conversation but it isn't; not by a mile. My Monday morning brain...

GAME OF THRONES

Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 4: The Book of Stranger - A review

Afam 05:09:00

There was a better than good response to my last post about the Game of Thrones, so here's another. One of the things that bloggers must learn is that you are a slave your audience. They tell you what they want, not in words or emails but in views. If you want something, and I am capable of giving it...

SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Why an Azealia Banks Boycott is Necessary

Afam 20:55:00

There are moments of my life in Lagos that I will never forget. I smashed cars, broke houses, and slept on couches. There were shoulders in my mouth, calabash hats, palm wine raves and morning runs along Lagos' littered beaches with the dogs: Captain Reginald and Sabrina. On one of our more memorable...

SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Short Shorts: Why I wear them

Afam 16:40:00

If it were a crime to wear shorts so short that you were forced to wonder about the length of my underwear then I would be guilty ten times over. Some people consider them offensive or unspeakably fashionable, but I do not believe that I have ever really cared. The truth about clothes that they do...

SUBMARINE AND A ROACH

A Submarine and a Roach: Mad Food: Fury Road

Afam 10:43:00

I never begin my day with the belief that I must be generous with my words. But after listening to the second episode of Submarine and A Roach, I must sing my compliments to the moon. Our boys, TMT and Kojo are even more loose lipped than they were last time and the podcast is all the better for it....

PODCASTS

Podcast: Submarine and a Roach - Episode 1

Afam 14:59:00

There's a new podcast on the scene. For those of you who don't know what a podcast is, I can tell you that they come in different shapes and sizes. They're essentially a radio talk show that you listen to on the internet. In this podcast, the self titled modern day revolutionaries, Submarine and...

SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Madonna at the Met Gala...

Afam 02:37:00

Fashion criticism is dangerous. The reigning method seems to be the fashion police format made popular by the late Joan Rivers. The comments come by the second. Each one funnier and more cutting than the last, they prey on the petty racisms, sexisms and ageisms that present themselves as acceptable...

FILM

About Nigerian Parenthood - Support African Booty Scratcher: It's hilarious!!!

Afam 08:25:00

There is an urgency and a violence to parenthood that only Nigerians understand. Spurred on by the Bible verse that says, "spare the rod and spoil the child" and the truly astounding realisation that no successful man or woman in existence has two heads, Nigerian parents demand perfection from...

ADVENTURES

Afam X The London Rush Hour

Afam 18:59:00

I had the dreaded nine O' clock. Some of you will read that and shake your collective heads at me, but I am not a morning person. I think mornings are brilliant. They've got this uncanny habit of deleting the misfortunes of the day before. But I would think the better of them if they weren't so inconvenient. I've...

SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Notes on the Omawumi Interview: I shake my head at Zinnia

Afam 13:26:00

On the menu today we've got Omawumi, an Itsekiri Nigerian singer whose music is really rather good. It's a brand of raw African pop that competes directly with the polished touches of everything that Don Jazzy touches. She's got a flair that's reminiscent of Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Angelique Kidjo. As...

SOCIAL COMMENTARY

The Game of Thrones Spoiler that's driving everyone half mad

Afam 00:07:00

I apolgise for this in advance. There is a spoiler ahead. If you're a fan of the Game of Thrones and you hate it when things are spoiled, then now is the time that you should leave. It may seem odd that I tell you to exit stage left, but I'd rather you thought well of me than ill. If you no longer like...

The Dangers of Wearing Suspenders/Braces: A Picture Story

Podcasts: 90s Baby Radio Show - Episode 2

Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 5: The Door

Trending on Afam's mind this week: Welcome to the twitter four digit follower club

When the money gets in the way of you and your Tidal

Apocalypse: A Nigerian cinema story (SPOILERS)

Podcasts: 90s Baby Radio Show

Why J.K Rowling is wrong about Trump

TROAM welcomes Burna Boy to the Baby Fatha Club

Why Queen of Katwe is so Important

Submarine and A Roach Episode 3: Open Day

Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 4: The Book of Stranger - A review

Why an Azealia Banks Boycott is Necessary

Short Shorts: Why I wear them

A Submarine and a Roach: Mad Food: Fury Road

Podcast: Submarine and a Roach - Episode 1

Madonna at the Met Gala...

About Nigerian Parenthood - Support African Booty Scratcher: It's hilarious!!!

Afam X The London Rush Hour

Notes on the Omawumi Interview: I shake my head at Zinnia

The Game of Thrones Spoiler that's driving everyone half mad

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Notes on Living at Home...

A letter to Mr. Runsewe the Director of Nigeria's National Council for Arts and Culture...

Notes on Polyamory...

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