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Tiléwa Kazeem

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Lagos, Nigeria
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South African Singer Tyla Won The Inaugural Best African Music Performance Category At The 2024 G...

South African Singer Tyla Won The Inaugural Best African Music Performance Category At The 2024 G...

South African songstress Tyla has etched her name into history as the first winner of the Best African Music …

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Ayra Starr's "Rush" To The Top: The Afrobeats Singer On Numerology, The Male Gaze & The Power Of ...

Ayra Starr's "Rush" To The Top: The Afrobeats Singer On Numerology, The Male Gaze & The Power Of ...

At the 2024 GRAMMYs, Ayra Starr is among the inaugural nominees for the Best African Music Performance catego…

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"Wake Up" With Bloody Civilian: How Owning Her Perspective & The Support Of Women Allowed The Afr...

"Wake Up" With Bloody Civilian: How Owning Her Perspective & The Support Of Women Allowed The Afr...

The Nigerian singer and songwriter contributed to the GRAMMY-nominated 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' sound…

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Queer Nigerian men are outing their attackers online - and themselves

Queer Nigerian men are outing their attackers online - and themselves

Without police protection, survivors who were lured to fake dates and beaten are using social media to warn o…

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Queer Nigerian men are outing their attackers online – and themselves

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By Tiléwa Kazeem
| The openDemocracy Show
Almost a year ago, in August 2025, Hilary Ikechukwu Emereole, a 23-year-old queer man, boarded a bus in the Nigerian city of Owerri and travelled one hundred kilometres south to Port Harcourt, where he had arranged to meet a friend at a hotel. Emereole later told close friends that this meeting was a trap. The two men went up to a room together. After a few minutes, Emereole’s supposed friend said he was going to get them some drinks. He returned with several other people.
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‘It’s a revolution’: Nigeria’s new-gen rappers are hitting the mainstream

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By Tiléwa Kazeem
| Dazed Magazine Verified
Nigeria’s global musical identity is currently defined by Afrobeats – polished, melodic and increasingly engineered for international consumption. Its stars soundtrack pleasure, wealth and success, often from a distance already achieved.
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Nigeria’s Blaqbonez is rapping to ‘beat his high score’

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By Tiléwa Kazeem
| Dazed Magazine Verified
As his fourth studio album, No Excuses, is released, the Imo-born rap heavyweight sits down with Dazed to discuss afrobeats’ dominance, rising Nigerian talent, and his favourite song on the project Long before the seatbelt sign dimmed on the return flight from Johannesburg to Nigeria, and before a single passenger rose to disembark, all that the 29-year-old Imo, Nigeria-born rapper and singer Blaqbonez yearned for was home.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Working as a writing intern at a lifestyle magazine. I became a full-time staff three months later and ended up writing over 500 pitches.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, I have. As a matter of fact, I owned one. It was how I learnt how to type.

How is social media changing news?

Social media is transforming the way news is produced, distributed, and consumed. It allows journalists to reach a wider audience and gather information from a variety of sources. However, it has also led to the spread of misinformation and fake news, making it important for journalists to fact-check and verify information before publishing. Additionally, social media algorithms can drive traffic to sensationalist and polarizing content, affecting the overall diversity of news being consumed. In this rapidly changing media landscape, it's crucial for journalists to adapt and maintain high standards of ethics and accuracy.