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.
3 weeks ago
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.
3 weeks ago
Less than 24 hours after its release, Bimbo Ademoye’s Sibe had already crossed one million views on YouTube. Since then, the comedy surpassed six million views, becoming one of Nollywood’s biggest YouTube releases of the year. The film’s success is another reminder that Bimbo Ademoye, as a writer and actor in the film, has become […]
3 weeks ago
The original King of Thieves succeeded because it knew exactly what kind of story it wanted to tell. Its tale of vengeance, kingship, betrayal, and Yoruba mythology felt complete, elevated by richly textured indigenous language, committed performances, and striking production design that rekindled interest in epic Yoruba cinema. Even with flaws in its visual effects […]
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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Bank of Industry (BOI) have launched a $100 million Equity Investment Fund, unveiling the investment committee that will oversee how the money is deployed to indigenous companies within Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. The fund is designed to address one of the biggest problems facing […]
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It would be easy to mistake Before We Fall Asleep, the new Zikoko Life short directed by Kaelo Iyizoba and written by Blessing Uzzi, as a story about unemployment and family. Its story is simple enough to summarize in a sentence: Tola (Tobi Bakre) loses his job, his partner Nazo (Onyinye Odokoro) becomes the household’s […]
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Domingos Simões Pereira spent less than six months out of detention before he was arrested again. Guinea-Bissau’s junta released the opposition leader in February, in what looked at the time like a concession won by ECOWAS’ diplomatic pressure. On 10 July, he was sent back to a Bissau cell by a military court, this time […]
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There is a particular kind of woman cinema has only recently made room for: the one who is not likeable in any conventional sense, who makes the wrong choice again and again, who loves people who have already decided not to love her back, and who is still, somehow, the moral centre of her own […]
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Nigeria’s basketball ecosystem is set to expand with the arrival of NBA REC, the NBA’s recreational basketball platform for players aged 18 and above, following a new multi-year collaboration between NBA Africa and Future Concerns Nigeria Limited, a leading Nigerian health, safety, environmental and engineering services company. The partnership brings the first NBA REC programme […]
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