Art

Digital Piracy in Nigeria: We Need Honest and Accommodating Conversations

The Nigerian literary community has been engaged in an important conversation around piracy, unapproved digitization, accessibility, and distribution of Nigerian and African books. Fortune Amor’s digitization of over 200 African writers’ books belonging to the Heinemann African Writers Series sparked this timely conversation. Nigerian journalist and writer, Molara Wood, and others have rightfully called out […]

Seyi Lasisi

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6 months ago

Digital Piracy in Nigeria: We Need Honest and Accommodating Conversations

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

The Yoruba people have a saying: “Sátídé ti ọ dà, àti Jímọ́h láti mọ́.” Although there are different iterations of this saying, what they loosely translate to is that tomorrow’s greatness is foreshadowed in the details of today. This often-recycled axiom captures my thoughts after watching the trailer for Akay Mason’s Red Circle which has […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

The Umuofia Arts and Books Festival Prepares for its Fourth Edition

The Umuofia Arts and Books Festival is preparing for the fourth edition of its annual literary festival. The annual literary and cultural event held in Enugu, Nigeria is gradually becoming one of the anticipated Nigerian literary events and dedicated spaces for curating bookish dialogues, knowledge exchange and cultural insights in South-Eastern Nigeria. The festival which […]

Seyi Lasisi

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6 months ago

The Umuofia Arts and Books Festival Prepares for its Fourth Edition

Objects of Power: Somto Ajuluchukwu Reimagines Sacred African Artifacts as Speculative Tech

Award-winning animator and creative technologist Somto Ajuluchukwu unveils Objects of Power, a groundbreaking solo exhibition of 3D-printed sculptures that fuse ancestral African artifacts with futuristic technology. Opening at Soho House Rome on February 20-21, 2026, this marks Ajuluchukwu’s first major solo show—and a bold pivot from screen-based animation to tangible, physical-digital art. Under his artistic […]

Amber Asuni

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6 months ago

Objects of Power: Somto Ajuluchukwu Reimagines Sacred African Artifacts as Speculative Tech

Berlinale 2026 : Olive Nwosu and the Politics of Truth in “Lady”

Olive Nwosu is an award-winning Lagos-born and London-based screenwriter and director. In 2019, Troublemaker, her short film featuring non-actors, became the first Igbo-language film to be featured on the Criterion Channel. Two years later, she made Egúngún (Masquerade) which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and screened at Sundance Film Festival in 2022. […]

Seyi Lasisi

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6 months ago

Berlinale 2026 : Olive Nwosu and the Politics of Truth in “Lady”

Zimbabwean Tapiwa Chipfupa and Lesotho’s Phillip Leteka Selected for the 2026 Berlinale Talents Mastercard Enablement Programme

Zimbabwean director and producer, Tapiwa Chipfupa and her film initiative Audiovisual Entrepreneurs Laboratory (AVEL) have  been awarded the coveted Berlinale Talents Mastercard Enablement Programme. Lesotho-based filmmaker, Phillip Leteka, with Majoaneng, his film initiative, returned to Berlinale as one of the returning alumni of the enablement programme.  Chipfupa’s AVEL is a yearly personal and professional development […]

Seyi Lasisi

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6 months ago

Zimbabwean Tapiwa Chipfupa and Lesotho’s Phillip Leteka Selected for the 2026 Berlinale Talents Mastercard Enablement Programme

Who is Nollywood Making Films For?

Conversely, in mainstream Nollywood, there exist two categories of filmmakers : the ones that make films for intellectuals and for the unthinking masses. There’s a pretension among members of both groups that they are different.

Seyi Lasisi

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6 months ago

Who is Nollywood Making Films For?
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