Afrobeats is back from the holidays

Get the best jams from 2024’s first weekend. [View in browser](=.SHzNs8YNPzrqW0PmKWdjN_qURVu7hG1Cu3wOHFZ3Wyw) [Zikoko Daily] 6 January, 2024 Hey . Please tell me you’re following the gist of the married woman on X who tweeted about cooking for her husband at 4:50 a.m. It started several hot takes, but that’s not my focus today. People are donating money and all kinds of stuff for the babe. It’s so sweet to see. ❤️ Anyway, let’s get into today’s stories. 👇🏼 Tife Editor In This Letter: - 1 [The best afrobeats songs of 2024’s first weekend](=.nJKavrka5ttobJ1EiyUtWbMYqaQE0S2N9rpupOV1Kek) - 2 [Top 8 Nollywood wins of the last decade](=.x2IEPxa8pUoYxbAth0cp8ZopKwyroFS4Dj2JA5Z-Cl8) - 3 [8 signs your babe eats other people’s food at work](=.VAEcZ31Y7EPUAtR8xjLWraE8HunO-R7IsdqjGb0yfTk) AS TOLD TO The Inside Gist-ish: My Childhood Makes It Difficult For Me to Accept Love =.raoxOHQtNTKjqLnmt5lrOYJR4kiAKp3MOlHprN6UrDo Is love enough, or is it all about money? How do you receive either when you had a broken childhood? These are the questions *Kate answers in her story about unlearning the idea that love is equivalent to enduring financial struggles with her partner. --------------------------------------------------------------- Here’s a snippet: “When he made money, he gave it out at the slightest inconvenience any of his friends had. They either needed money for food or to fix a phone. And while that was something I adored, it was something I’d seen my father do too often. To my father, every other person’s needs were always more important than mine. But I felt obligated to stay. I wanted to help him think through business plans, manage the earnings from sales and find freelance jobs on the side — I felt it was my job to fix everything.” [Continue reading her story here](=.pIlzdkC9SU7VnWBnO02ykxXpOJ6wzKdIm9chxAwMnaE) *We'll be tweeting answers to this on our Twitter account at noon, so feel free to tweet us your answers with the hashtag [#ZikokoDailyQuiz](#) --> Zikoko Daily's Top 3 As work resumed this new year, so did the music industry Our afrobeats faves are back in the studio, and they’re already dropping jams. We compiled some of the best jams from 2024’s first weekend for your listening pleasure. [Bump this](=.5UMGJz8mLVMRP3v7dDm7D5QIzFCQ1wwzN_q_F2zUTrk) --------------------------------------------------------------- All the times Nollywood shattered glass ceilings in the past decade From Blood Vessel becoming the number one non-English film on Netflix to A Tribe Called Judah’s one billion naira box office sales, Nollywood has definitely come a long way. [A list of all the wins](=.RyVS1IDnU09-I5bQTpLsq7GWsBpAFe3ZIsvznezkojE) --------------------------------------------------------------- Does your babe eat other people’s food at work? Having a work spouse is fine, but actually eating said work spouse’s food? Ah. That’s a recipe for disaster. But how do you know they’re even eating other people’s food? [Watch out for these signs](=.PhKe-3dyWqkq6geljaZVGLzUBtnNc-tykv7YQOViY8g) Z! Solitaire It's the weekend! Unwind with Zikoko's Spider Solitaire. 🎯 [Click here to play a game or two](=.WF1Va569fVQKyrVycvZJ0GaGJ2XgJFwB5tV1ybUJV68) Quiz Which “A Tribe Called Judah” Brother Are You? If you’ve seen the movie, you might as well know which brother you’re more like. [Take the quiz](=.ao5XWXLskZkTocxtmHNKSPOdT09sY5YIy3fVpF30aG4) Everyone's Favourite Quizzes: - [Only People Who Speak Fluent ‘Nigerian Parent’ Can Get 10/13](=.Z0LqOF6EGIvegm13lSoyFVy7ptK44vvZvA2aytcFFqs) - [This Quiz Knows Which Afrobeats Song Should Be Your 2024 Motto](=.EmsMiit3jYK0c_5ofURNo4ccZBFLAb7M5mc4cojVV64) - [What Brand of Soy Sauce Are You?](=.ycp-YmaAc4Ypu0i5m-xjbHMWefZ97mRARsgExyr9GbU) Spread the love Please share this with someone who should play Z! Solitaire. 👉🏾 [Forward this email](mailto:?subject=Re: latest issue of Zikoko Daily&body=Thought you might find this issue of Zikoko Daily interesting. Did someone awesome send this to you? [Subscribe](=.UV_LXlb4_lywoDl_HR08i3CdR4Slc3QimY9lBQDQhWU) =.G6jWZARGew64YGMCfTyipzRUeAO6askdz4-sRMykFOI - [ABOUT](=.9KjKAY2OXokC-5nTeAh4tm47DNnlqDNM7VJeF1mVULQ) - [ADVERTISE](=.0dRPfSvInpKOFN3M9tIRMvz9PpNDUAgc_Szd26L6n8M) - [READ MORE](=.pgHmTQm_TmejFGgGeAOa0RmSyrSBqBL4q4c2BaqyK7I) - =.UrWBOkljGMNCYbaFYZlqd9mYKwxahkXtIFKQMiIzq-w - =.cqYdjJvCllCzMceSmC8yi05IWGOzRns7M5GFfmmwbxg - =.DmR9vH-SFiAdnUehdExn78b45IvcuO4B3Ch4gRog23E - =.2lVFz24Uyw5WF0WxrAdM9XT9820k0lwwJBNlpd7tH5k You received this email because you signed up for our newsletter. [Unsubscribe](=.eIBvqCUXosYfDFmMRt1MQa6he4OOkbhIuLrQOWtOwv8)