Pop Culture Intelligence

Music is a tool for motivation to Afrobeats singer, Ojay

With family as his backbone, amazing songwriting skills and a heart willing to motivate as many people as it can, Ojay seems ready for the big stages.

Jan 25, 2021 • 

Itty Okim

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December 2020

Nobody has owned Afrosoul like Onanome

Music is all she has and she has no regrets choosing it. She is here to stay and she owns this as her reality. Read Onanome talk to me about her music…

Dec 17, 2020 • 

Itty Okim

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Jordan Sekatawa: Telling the right Pan-African stories through filmmaking

This US-based Ugandan filmmaker tells me about living in the diaspora, Black Oppression and his forthcoming film project, 'Uganda We Rise'.

Dec 14, 2020 • 

Itty Okim

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July 2020

Cilla Si: The goddess of Afrosoul, charming hearts on her walk to stardom

Cilla has plans of making global difference by reaching out to lovers of soul music and charming them with the resplendence of her voice.

Jul 26, 2020 • 

Itty Okim

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June 2020

Gospel for Queerness: The Gomorrah story

Read queer Chinwendu Nwangwa describe how queerness works in the Christian faith.

Jun 28, 2020 • 

Itty Okim

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High Maintenance: How Limoblaze makes hit songs that blow your mind over and over

Gospel hip-hop songs are fast becoming the in-thing in Nigeria and the world at large. This 'God's favourite baby' is one of the key drivers making that…

Jun 11, 2020 • 

Itty Okim

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May 2020

Justice for Uwa: Is the world closing in on itself?

Rape and brutality have become very regular occurrences in Africa. This is me standing against the vice by making this prose out of Uwa's experience…

May 31, 2020 • 

Itty Okim

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The Generation Z: A fiery band of non-conformists

We beat poor network reception and I had an Instagram live interview session with Favour King. She thinks Gen Z-ers are more creative than unruly and…

May 20, 2020 • 

Itty Okim

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New Life, New Music: This is how DJ Horphuray is spinning the course of the industry with his art

Horphuray lets me know that it's never about the numbers. Numbers are not exactly the goal, impact is. We talk about his life, music and even hair…

May 12, 2020 • 

Itty Okim

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Twitter users have turned rape into a war of sexes

Rape is the enemy, not men.

May 3, 2020 • 

Itty Okim

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April 2020

Cutting Deals in This Century: Your IQ is something, not everything!

How important is emotional intelligence in business, especially in these times when trustworthiness is a scarce value?

Apr 29, 2020 • 

Itty Okim

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Oxlade: Motivation to more young success stories

How ripe is Oxlade for a success story?

Apr 28, 2020 • 

Itty Okim

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