P0liticalbaby 🇵🇸🇨🇩
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iClass: The Nigerian Obsession with the iPhone (Video Essay) 💋 iPhones can tell us ‘everything’ about class in Nigeria. It is has evolved from just a technological object to: 1. A marker of class 2. An object of moral panic tied to female sexuality 3.A visual cue for state surveillance and policing 4. Postcolonial fantasy of framing oneself as an “equal” consumer and not a labourer If you loved this video essay please QUOTE, RETWEET, BOOKMARK, SEND TO A FRIEND, REPLY. Muah, Thank ya💋
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RE: Lagos BBLs, Algorithms and Technological Beauty (Video Essay) 💋 This isn’t just about BBLs. It’s about how technology engineers beauty itself. The ‘Sachetisation of BBLs’: In the world of AI, algorithms, filters & deepfakes, the line between our physical body & our technological self is getting blurred - where we are now transitioning from looking human to homogeneous internet avatars… If you enjoyed my video essay Retweet, Bookmark, Comment and Share . Mwah 💋 Topic inspo : Christina.adane on Tiktok
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RE: Nigeria and the Rise of Anti-intellectualism(video essay) 💋 “It’s not that deep” and other stories We are in a critical thinking crisis- a sort of, intellectual austerity. This video essay traces Nigeria’s anti-intellectual turn- how the content industrial complex, Nigeria’s conspiracy culture, post-End Sars fatigue, the domino effect of Western anti-intellectualism, and the utilitarian logic of our schools converge into an epistemic crisis. You know the drill RETWEET, QUOTE, COMMENT , BOOKMARK . Thank Ya💋
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RE: What is it about Nigerian men & Trump? The biggest groupies to powerful, wealthy men are other men this is what I call ‘Choke Me Daddy’ Politics. For Nigerian men, Trump is their ultimate ‘choke me, daddy’ politician. Strong, wealthy, untouchable…Here are 7 reasons behind this political love affair💋 Retweet, Quote, Reply and show love. Plus, if you love my video essay here is my tiktok:
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Show Me Love: Begging Culture, Economies of Embarrassment & The Oblee Economy (Video Essay💋) Nigerian class politics do not transcend beyond feeling embarrassed. The public discomfort following Speed’s tour revealed that the anxiety was not simply about begging culture, but about poverty itself and its visibility. I frame embarrassment and shame as political emotions, which I term “Economies of Embarrastment’. There is a direct relationship between begging culture and Lagos nightlife/ celebrity economies, showing how sites of extreme wealth concentration rely on the spectacle and proximity of poverty to validate hierarchy. A dynamic I conceptualise as “Oblee `Economy’. Retweet, Quote, Bookmark & Share
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RE: Lagos Girls Are Mean? (An Anthropological Analysis) 💋 The discourse may seem low vibrational but it serves as a rich case study, on how the socio-spatial design of Lagos nightlife-aka table culture- and the male-centred desirability economy shape this perception of ‘meanness’. Other points in the video essay: Tourism Gaze and Trust Deficit Culture. If you love my video essay, quote, retweet, bookmark, send to a friend💋
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Performing Forever: Wedding to Celebrity Pipeline & Romantic Capitalism (Video Essay) People are using their weddings to launch their careers. Traditionally we were only privy to the romantic lives of the famous, wealthy & powerful. But either decentralisation of digital platforms people’s romantic lives have now become fair game for content creation Full video on YouTube:
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RE: Slumflower, Sex Work & the M- Word. The debate on if marriage is SW misses the bigger picture. There is a broader sex economy that requires, commodifies and extracts the sexual labour of ALL women. This is my full video essay on it and if you loved it here is my Tiktok:
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Guys, please this is an abomination 🫠 Personally, if you can’t hire Nigerian narrators then let whichever narrator use their authentic accent. This Wakanda Forever thing going on is so jarring. P.S If you ever watched Bob & Abishola, tell me this doesn’t like THAT😭
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RE: Dating Discourse Is Tired And So Are We 💋 (Video Essay) Dating discourse is tired and so are we. But here’s the thing—it’s not going anywhere. Why? Because it’s not just about dating. It’s a Trojan horse that carries something far deeper. In this video essay, I give FIVE reasons why we engage in this discourse: 1. Personal Signalling 2. Meaning-Making 3. Mirror to Consumer Trends 4. Reflection of Economic Anxiety 5. Site of Activism If you loved this video essay, Retweet, Quote, Send to a Friend, Bookmark💋
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“In many ways Trump is an African leader” -Maazi Ikuku on why Nigerians love Trump
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