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 Macallan Brings Sustainability and Contemporary Art to Alexis Galleries with Recycling Matters II

The Macallan has extended its engagement with contemporary African culture through its support of Recycling Matters II, a residency and exhibition presented in partnership with Alexis Galleries. The project places emerging Nigerian artists at the center of a wider conversation around material, process, and sustainability, while giving them the space to experiment and refine their […]

Naomi Ezenwa

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7 months ago

The Macallan Brings Sustainability and Contemporary Art to Alexis Galleries with Recycling Matters II

FEFKA Partners with Britam Insurance to Provide Affordable Medical Insurance to Kenyan Female Filmmakers

Kenyan filmmakers will now have access to affordable medical insurance under the new deal between the Female Filmmakers in Kenya Association (FEFKA) and Britam Insurance. In October 2025, FEFKA signed an agreement with Britam Insurance, to provide affordable medical insurance to female filmmakers in Kenya. This MOU was recently actualized in January 2026.  In a […]

Seyi Lasisi

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7 months ago

FEFKA Partners with Britam Insurance to Provide Affordable Medical Insurance to Kenyan Female Filmmakers

Art as Cultural Capital: Reframing Africa’s Place on the Global Stage

During a recent sit-down on CNN Marketplace, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CFR, Chairman of Access Holdings, shared a compelling perspective in conversation with Zain Asher: art is almost like oil, a commodity. The observation speaks to a long-standing paradox. Despite Africa’s rich artistic history and growing global interest in its creativity, African art remains underrepresented within major […]

Amber Asuni

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7 months ago

Art as Cultural Capital: Reframing Africa’s Place on the Global Stage

“Aníkúlápó: The Ghoul Awakens” Is Kunle Afolayan Unravelling?

In a 2021 The Film Verdict review of Kunle Afolayan’s Swallow, Nigerian film critic Oris Aigbokhaevbolo captured the national acceptance of the director as the Nigerian film industry’s mascot of artistic excellence. Ola Balogun, Tade Ogidan, Tunde Kelani and others were synonymous with artistic excellence. But, in the early 2010s, Afolayan introduced himself as another […]

Seyi Lasisi

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7 months ago

“Aníkúlápó: The Ghoul Awakens” Is Kunle Afolayan Unravelling?

Gëstu International Documentary Film Festival to Hold First Edition in Dakar

Gëstu International Documentary Film Festival is a newly launched international film festival devoted to showcasing documentary films in Dakar, Senegal. ​Derived from  Wolof,  Gëstu—means  “to research” or “to deepen”—the festival emerges from Dakar’s thriving creative underground. The first edition of the festival which is scheduled to hold from 12–14 February 2026 at the Maison des […]

Seyi Lasisi

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7 months ago

Gëstu International Documentary Film Festival to Hold First Edition in Dakar

Bolanle Austen-Peters’ Terra Kulture Partners IFC to Amplify Nigeria’s Creative Economy

On Friday, 30th January, at Terra Kulture, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) entered into a mandate partnership with Bolanle Austen-Peters’ Terra Kulture to support the expansion of creative infrastructure and skills development in the country. This partnership recognises the plumping Nigerian creative economy as an imperative sector for job creation, youth empowerment and economic diversification. […]

Seyi Lasisi

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7 months ago

Bolanle Austen-Peters’ Terra Kulture Partners IFC to Amplify Nigeria’s Creative Economy

Sundance 2026: Olive Nwosu’s “Lady” is Calling for a Revolution

One of what Olive Nwosu’s Lady gets right is this: Nigeria is overripe for a revolution. In Nwosu’s directorial feature debut, the eponymous character (played by Jessica Gabriel’s Ujah) carries a quiet, heavy burden that mirrors the national mood. This mixture of resilience and silence will, through the course of the film, be stretched thin. […]

Seyi Lasisi

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7 months ago

Sundance 2026: Olive Nwosu’s “Lady” is Calling for a Revolution

The Èko Short Session and the Thriving Nigerian Film Culture

In a Culture Custodian essay titled A Capsuled History of Indie Filmmaking in Nigeria and Alternative Screening Spaces, an attempt was made to track how, over the past two decades, Nigerian independent filmmakers and critics have sought alternative means, through guerilla-inclined activities and movements, to show alternative, avant-garde and art-conscious Nigerian and non-Nigerian titles. These […]

Seyi Lasisi

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8 months ago

The Èko Short Session and the Thriving Nigerian Film Culture
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