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Adedamola Adedayo

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Adedamola Adedayo is a film journalist and culture critic who is specially interested in creating conversations around African cinema and arts.

My Life In Nollywood: Martini Akande

My Life In Nollywood: Martini Akande

Every week, The Culture Custodian grants you an all-access backstage pass into the lives of Nollywood rock stars. You get to learn about their fascinating backgrounds, the behind-the-scenes stories, and more. This episode features film editor and post-production supervisor, Martini Akande. The arts have always been dear to Martini Akande’s heart. In secondary school, his […]

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The Wait Continues: Nollywood Films Expected but Not Released

The second quarter of the year is underway, and we have witnessed a number of Nollywood releases across different distribution outlets—video on-demand streaming platforms, YouTube, cinemas. Things seem to be taking an interesting shape, while tensions of Netflix and Prime Video’s purported partial retraction from the African market remain almost inexistent. In the last two […]

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5 months ago

The Wait Continues: Nollywood Films Expected but Not Released

Nnamdi Kanaga’s Memoir “Onwuchekwa: Death Waits…” Highlights His Existential And Artistic Ties With Tragedy 

On April 19th, 2014, during the Easter celebrations, Nnamdi Kanaga received an invitation to grief after he got a call informing him that one of his brothers, Peter, a university freshman at the time, had drowned. Six years after his initial  bereavement, Kanaga lost his father. The psychological impact of these experiences seem to weigh […]

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5 months ago

Nnamdi Kanaga’s Memoir “Onwuchekwa: Death Waits…” Highlights His Existential And Artistic Ties With Tragedy 

“Meet The Khumalos” —A Virtuosic Gesture of Humor- Weathered Romance 

Romance, across African cultures, does not thrive independently or solely on love gestures between the partners involved. Its longevity, as South African producer-director Jayan Moodley makes us believe in Meet The Khumalos, is often strongly tied to family allegiances. Becoming engaged as a couple and getting married without parental consent is considered abominable to most […]

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5 months ago

“Meet The Khumalos” —A Virtuosic Gesture of Humor- Weathered Romance 

The Campaign For A Vibrant Short Film Market in Africa 

When Thomas Edison, assisted by William Dickson, invented a machine he named the kinetoscope in 19th-century America, he became the progenitor of the earliest known motion picture transmitter. The device allowed its viewer, one at a time, to see, for a rapid second, through a peephole, a strip of film bereft of audio. By 1895, […]

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5 months ago

The Campaign For A Vibrant Short Film Market in Africa 

How Has Africa Fared So Far At The Cannes Film Festival?

The history of African cinema at the Cannes Film Festival is a rollercoaster of trials and triumphs. Since the 1960s when several African countries gained independence, African cinema has acutely represented the complex, eclectic experiences of her people, meandering through traditional and modern allegiances. In 1973, Touki Bouki by Senegalese director Djibril Diop became the […]

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5 months ago

How Has Africa Fared So Far At The Cannes Film Festival?

My Life In Nollywood: Efa Iwara

Every week, The Culture Custodian grants you an all-access backstage pass into the lives of Nollywood rock stars. You get to learn about their fascinating backgrounds, the behind-the-scenes stories, and more. This episode features actor Efa Iwara. On 31st October 1959, the first television station in Africa, the Western Nigeria Television Station (WNTS), began broadcasting […]

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5 months ago

My Life In Nollywood: Efa Iwara

Towards A Reassessment of Africa’s Film Streaming Strategies 

Film distribution in Africa has come under scrutiny in recent times. The purported downscaling of investments from Prime Video and Netflix opens the window for potential investors and media stakeholders to chart new directions in the African market. Showmax still has a grip on the continent, at least as a home-based frontliner, but a cloud […]

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5 months ago

Towards A Reassessment of Africa’s Film Streaming Strategies 
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