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Ada Kalu

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English + Creative Writing undergrad

Lola Okusami’s Gone Nine Months Inspires Reflection on Marriage, Family and More

Lola Okusami’s Gone Nine Months Inspires Reflection on Marriage, Family and More

In 22 minutes, Lola Okusami delivered a great short film that made me so angry I nearly cried. I loved every minute of it. Gone Nine Months chronicles the soon to be changed life of a Nigerian family riddled with various circumstances both good and bad. Okusami navigated this space through the on screen relationships […]

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Meet Lanaire Aderemi: The Poet Trying To Stir Hearts

11 months ago, Lanaire Aderemi performed for the first time ever in Lagos. Today she is a highly requested spoken word artist and a published poet. We got in contact with the poet and asked her about her art. Here’s what she had to say: How did you get into spoken word? From a young […]

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7 years ago

Meet Lanaire Aderemi: The Poet Trying To Stir Hearts

Imoh Umoren Portrays The Reality of Many In Children of Mud Trailer

Film director Imoh Umoren has released the trailer for his fourth film, Children of Mud; and it looks amazing. Weaving in the realities of many children in Nigeria today, Umoren touches on homelessness. He centers his movie around two kids living on the street as a result of domestic issues, playing with our emotions through […]

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7 years ago

Imoh Umoren Portrays The Reality of Many In Children of Mud Trailer

Ajay Abalaka chronicles life in a utopia in The Sublime

‘In the sublime, can you hear my heart cry?’ Writer, photographer and filmmaker, Ajay Abalaka chronicles life in a utopia in The Sublime which she views as a continuation of the first stanza of Maya Angelou’s Alone. What was once a prose piece written in a journal, The Sublime blossomed into the Abalaka’s first film. […]

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7 years ago

Ajay Abalaka chronicles life in a utopia in The Sublime

Iyanya Employs 2023’s Artificial Intelligence in ‘Hold On’ Video

Iyanya juxtaposes artificial intelligence and its place in human relationships in his new video for Hold On. Set in 2023, it features Chenade Laroy as Mimi, struggling to understand her failed relationships. The video is clean cut and soothing to watch. Directed by Ogo Okpue, viewers are carried along with Mimi on her quest to […]

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7 years ago

Iyanya Employs 2023’s Artificial Intelligence in ‘Hold On’ Video

Banana Island Ghost Is The Right Mix of Action and Comedy

The trailer for Banana Island Ghost is out and it is both intriguing and engaging as it is confusing. From the creators of Before 30, the movie sees Chioma ‘Chigul’ Omeruah take the spotlight as the soul mate of a ghost (Patrick Diabuah), too afraid to go to Heaven. The quality and production appear similar, […]

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8 years ago

Banana Island Ghost Is The Right Mix of Action and Comedy

The Pilot Episode Of ‘African Time’ Is Worth Your Time

Written and directed by Damilare Sonoiki, a Black-ish writer; African Time deals with an African, specifically Nigerian, experience of life in America as immigrants. The first episode is on YouTube but the next few episodes will require subscription starting from $19.99. The money paid will be used for funding the series which several producers described as […]

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8 years ago

The Pilot Episode Of ‘African Time’ Is Worth Your Time
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