TCMP — Independent journalism and creative storytelling that elevates African voices in the UK, Nigeria, and global diaspora.
TCMP — Independent journalism and creative storytelling that elevates African voices in the UK, Nigeria, and global diaspora.
Part 1 — The Illusion of Choice A Story That Did Not Appear Thomson works for a reputable national daily. He had spent weeks on a story that exposed money laundering, corruption and the possible arrest of one of the country’s most prominent billionaires. He filed it late on a Tuesday, expecting it to run on the…
How economic pressures in the West and growing opportunities in Africa are reversing decades of migration patterns A Friend’s Dream and a Changing Reality Not long ago, a friend in Nigeria told me he was preparing to sell his houses, cars, land, and other valuables. He planned to use the proceeds to move to the…
The Luxury of Corruption Amid National Crisis The Life They Live In the heart of London, England, a luxurious Porsche purred into a gated driveway. The driver, a well-dressed and relaxed woman, waved at a neighbour. “Her husband is a Nigerian politician,” the neighbour whispered with a chuckle. “He doesn’t live here, but this is one…
After decades abroad, many Nigerians in their 60s and 70s are leaving the West behind, investing in homes back home, and embracing the African philosophy of ageing surrounded by family rather than in institutional care. I was on a train recently when I met a 71-year-old Nigerian man named Aderopo. He had lived in the United…
From population control to resource extraction, the report’s logic still echoes in contemporary policy In December 1974, the United States National Security Study Memorandum 200 (NSSM 200), widely known as the Kissinger Report, was completed under Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Declassified in 1989, the report framed rapid population growth in the Global South, particularly in Africa,…
Part 5: Reclaiming the Narrative, Africa’s Voice in a New Media Era By Olakunle Agboola After examining how Africa has been framed, how the West has been elevated, how propaganda shapes perception, and why external narratives still dominate, the final question is simple: What comes next? Media, Power and Perception – The Circle Media Plus The…
DNA genealogy, global demographics, and modern migration treaties reveal that identity and culture are never fixed, and diversity is humanity’s enduring reality By Olakunle Agboola Humans Have Always Moved, Mixed, and Adapted Human beings have always been in motion. From the first migrations out of Africa to today’s global labour movements, our identities have constantly…
Part 4: Why Western Media Still Dominates Africa’s Narrative By Olakunle Agboola If Part 3 examined how global narratives are constructed, Part 4 confronts a harder question, why does Western media still hold such influence over Africa’s story? Media, Power and Perception – by Olakunle Agboola Decades after independence, many African countries continue to rely on foreign media platforms…
Part 3: The Illusion of the West: Propaganda and the Control of Perception Media, Power and Perception – by Olakunle Agboola If Parts 1 and 2 examined how Africa and the West have been framed in global media, Part 3 looks at something deeper: the way political narratives and propaganda shape international perception, often masking the true costs of foreign…
Part 2: The Branding of the West and the Illusion of the Perfect Life By Olakunle Agboola In Part 1 of this series, we examined how Africa has often been framed through a narrow lens of crisis in global media. But the other side of that narrative deserves equal attention. For decades, Western societies have also been…