A recurring theme in Folawiyo’s discussion of her work is accessibility, not as a marketing term but as something closer to a personal correction.
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Algeria has selected Yanis Koussim’s Roqia as its official submission for the International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards, adding another African title to the growing list of films entering the continent’s Oscar race. The 89-minute film marks Koussim’s feature debut and is a co-production between Algeria, France, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. With […]
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Leave Your Mess at Home follows four Nigerian-American siblings as they careen toward a Thanksgiving reunion each of them is dreading. Each of them has spent a lifetime perfecting the appearance of having it together. Tolani Akinola’s debut interrogates the specific inheritance handed down through a generation of immigrant striving: that falling apart is something […]
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Lagos lawmakers held a public hearing on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 on a bill that would make street begging illegal on the streets of Africa’s most populous city. If passed, the Street Begging and Street Urchins (Prohibition, Prevention and Rehabilitation) Law would give the state new powers to arrest, detain and “rehabilitate” anyone found soliciting […]
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In Ordinary People, Mirage Estate is the upscale neighbourhood where the main characters live. Moses Inwang‘s eight-part Netflix thriller wants you to sit with the gap between what a place looks like and what it hides, but it almost immediately hands you a title card that breaks the illusion. That tension between an interesting idea […]
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Long before “Nollywood goes global” became a marketing catchphrase, Jacobs had already done it, in reverse, and came home anyway.
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There is something quietly heartbreaking about being physically close to someone every single day and being miles away from them emotionally, all at once. Maureen and Funsho share a home, relationship and a life, but increasingly, they seem to exist beside each other rather than with each other. Their phones fill the silences between them, […]
3 weeks ago
The Kenya-Nigeria co-production One Woman One Bra is finally returning to Kenya in September, nearly a year after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and a subsequent run through major international festivals. What makes its Kenyan premiere particularly interesting is where that homecoming begins. According to a Sinema Focus exclusive interview with writer […]
3 weeks ago
By the time guests began arriving at Nature’s Nook Garden, Lagos had cooled down considerably. Instead of dampening the mood, the weather gave Slow Sundays: Book Edition the atmosphere the evening needed: cool, cosy and unhurried. The first experience from OTRwithBSocials was built around a simple idea. Guests would bring two physical books: one to […]
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