Writing Book reviews The pragmatic ideal: Mary Field Parton and the pursuit of a progressive society Explorations The making of America in Okey Ndibe’s Never look an American in the eye: A memoir of flying turtles, colonial ghosts and the making of a Nigeria-American Classic Soyinka for the social media generation The extents of Nigeria’s English literature Does Stay with Me stay with you? Essays on film Classic Soyinka for the social media generation Stepping out of the Shadows Idan Haguel’s portrait of a phoniness in Concerned Citizen The importance of being Julius Down and out in Denmark Books A possible future: An anthology of Nigeria’s best writing (1789 -2018) Memoir/Retrospective I Nailed My Pain to the Wall: On Lagos Theatre Festival 2018 Ake Festival 2017: F is for an f-ing blast Essays on music Does Nigerian pop reflect the spirit of the times? Is Falz’s activism superficial? FIA is the song of Davido’s career The importance of Reminisce’s Ponmile Essays on theatre Classic Soyinka for the Instagram generation On Fela and his Kalakuta Queens I Nailed My Pain to the Wall: On Lagos Theatre Festival 2018 Essays on theatre A Day (or so) in the life of Rwanda’s Riccardo Salvetti The strange confessions of Fela’s last manager