Adedamola Adedayo, Author at The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014.)

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Kolade Mann’s “Ovisa” Laughs At Society Without Minding Its Own Specks

Ovisa, a satirical drama written by Nwaru Favour Ikechukwu and directed by Korede Mann (Best Director nominee for The FilmJoint Awards 2026) is one of the seven films chosen for The Accelerate Filmmaker Project (AFP) 2024, the others being Loveth Ogbene’s The Boy from the Window, Samuel Ajirebi’s Egbeji, Ashimedua Odiachi’s Mofe, Rotipin Tobiloba’s Purgatory, […]

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Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Myde Glover’s “Irin Ajo (The Journey)” Embodies The Myth of Reincarnation

Yoruba metaphysics categorizes human existence into at least three cyclic stages: the worlds of the unborn, the living and the ancestors or dead. Soyinka, in his book Myth, Literature and the African World, introduces an additional, less explored fourth realm, which he describes as “the dark continuum of transition” and a home for “the ultimate […]

Adedamola Adedayo

3 days ago

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Loveth Ogbene’s “The Boy From The Window” Situates Love and Solace In Imperfections

With its premise of two youngsters and neighbours finding ways to love each other and share small, beautiful moments despite their individual sufferings, The Boy From The Window shows considerable merit. The story rouses emotions with its portrayal of teenage innocence, desire, suffering and a quiet sense of hope that offers solace in place of […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Ella Chikezie’s “In Her Shoes” Is A Short Course on Autism and Struggles of the African Girl Child

Storytelling in modern African cinema often requires digging deep into sensitive human conditions and lending voices to underrepresented groups. Doing so, the cinema becomes more of an instrument for conscientization and social campaign than entertainment. A few notable examples of this are Tunde Kelani’s Dazzling Mirage (Nigeria) which draws attention to sickle-cell anaemia; Reabetswe Rangaka’s […]

Adedamola Adedayo

1 week ago

AFRIFF 2025: Joshua Neubert and Victor Muhagachi’s “Majini” Shoulders The Weight of Masculinity and Tradition

Majini, directed by German filmmaker Joshua Neubert and Tanzanian filmmaker Victor Muhagachi, tells the story of Fari, an aquaphobic boy whose ailing father sends him to sea with his older brother, Danford. As the boy confronts his fears and doubts, he is forced to embrace the reality of his unofficial initiation into adulthood and emerging […]

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Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Bunmi Awolowo’s “Mara” Overstays Its Welcome

While marriage remains a traditional institution even in modern times, many Nigerian cultures have conditioned women to believe they must marry before their “biological clock” runs out. The notion of a biological clock becomes a metaphor for the mounting pressure on women to get married before a socially prescribed age. This tension forms the backbone […]

Adedamola Adedayo

1 week ago

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Chukwu Martin’s “Tell It No More” Resists The Imbalance In Traditional Marital Expectations

Tell It No More, written by Temilolu Fosudo and directed by Chukwu Martin, wastes no time in declaring its intentions. From the opening scene, Darasimi (Martha Ehinome), on her wedding day, succumbs to her mother’s stream of advice on how to be a “proper” wife. The older Yoruba woman insists that patience and submission are […]

Adedamola Adedayo

1 week ago

Reframing Africa: A Conversation with Toni Tei and Neil Sandoz on Stories of Hope from Kibera

Many rich stories about Africa are either untold or underreported. Part of the problem is that these stories often do not get enough attention or support to reach where they should. The stories might become diluted long before they reach the main stage. Even so, there is almost always a one-sided focus on poverty and […]

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2 weeks ago

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Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Kolade Mann’s “Ovisa” Laughs At Society Without Minding Its Own Specks

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Myde Glover’s “Irin Ajo (The Journey)” Embodies The Myth of Reincarnation

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Loveth Ogbene’s “The Boy From The Window” Situates Love and Solace In Imperfections

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Ella Chikezie’s “In Her Shoes” Is A Short Course on Autism and Struggles of the African Girl Child

AFRIFF 2025: Joshua Neubert and Victor Muhagachi’s “Majini” Shoulders The Weight of Masculinity and Tradition

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Bunmi Awolowo’s “Mara” Overstays Its Welcome

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Chukwu Martin’s “Tell It No More” Resists The Imbalance In Traditional Marital Expectations

Reframing Africa: A Conversation with Toni Tei and Neil Sandoz on Stories of Hope from Kibera

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