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Beyond Currency: The Enduring Lives of the Cowrie Shell in Igbo Cosmology
A shell once carried from hand to hand as currency, became a vessel through which history, spirituality, and identity continue to speak
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Eight Ways a Dead Twin Becomes a Bird in Ga Ritual
When a Ga twin dies, the story does not end with burial.
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Coming Home Through Gborodigondi
A viral TikTok clip of a twenty-year-old Nsukka music video pulls a childhood memory back into focus
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The Literal Voice of the Oja
A flute I dismissed as too archaic to notice stopped me mid-stride on an NYSC parade ground
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All episodes →Nigerian Boarding School Tales
Horror myths have always been a thing in Nigerian boarding schools. Renny and Muminah join this episode to talk through the scary stories they remember.
African Festivals and Rituals
Every African society has rituals it returns to, some of them centuries old. This episode is a tour of the ones witnessed firsthand and the ones we've grown up hearing about.
Nigerian Street Food
From the suya stalls of Lagos to the boli sellers along the Ibadan roads. This episode is a tour of Nigerian street food, and where to find the best of it.
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