Podcast
Uncultured
Hosted by The Culture Custodian · EN
Uncultured is a show that uses stories and conversations with cultural connoisseurs to deep dive into Nigeria’s history and bring you interesting answers to our most random and relevant questions, like – What is Afrobeats? What started Nigeria and Ghana’s beef ? And why the nostalgia for old Nollywood all of a sudden? Listen as we explore the who, what, why and where’s of some of the richest subjects in Nigerian culture.
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How to Become a Yahoo Boy
Nov 6, 202300:28:08Tap to summarizeFor a small fee of 2 million USD only, deposited into this account: 0000000419, Tamara is going to teach you how to become a yahoo boy. The name originally belonged to 90’s internet fraudsters armed with Yahoo email addresses but has evolved into pop culture phenomena both home and abroad. Joined by Chioma Onyenwe, founder of Racounteur productions and producer of true crime podcast 23419 - a docu-series on the infamous imaginary airport salesman Emmanuel Nwude - the two breakdown the origins of a narrative that has cast Nigeria as the protagonist of international cyber crime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 23, 202300:27:10Tap to summarizeAfrobeats — Is it a genre? A catch-all for West African music? The thread that connects the diaspora to its roots? Or all the above? On this episode Kalakuta Koj takes us on a journey through Nigeria’s music history to trace the beginnings of Afrobeats. Joined by music historian, archivist and journalist Uche Ikonne, the two follow Afrobeats' past to its present to help the world better understand this new sonic sensation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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