Culture
Where the culture comes from, what it means, and the moments worth remembering.
Flavor DecodedMugithi, decoded
One voice, one guitar, and a whole room holding on. What mugithi is and where it came from.
Flavor RewindMade in Lagos at six
How Wizkid's fourth album rewrote Africa's chart records.
Flavor RewindTrue Colors at 40: Cyndi Lauper's No. 1, four decades on
Forty years ago today, a quiet ballad went to No. 1.
In Their WordsIn Their Words: Lupita Nyong'o on beauty
“You can't eat beauty. It doesn't feed you.”
Flavor RootsThat chant on Thriller? It started in Cameroon
Flavor Roots Issue 01: how Manu Dibango's Soul Makossa travelled from Douala to the world.