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

Stories in Conversation with Badru Taofeek

Absa, in proud partnership with the South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA), is proud to present Thorns and Crown, a solo exhibition by Badru Taofeek, one of the 2022 Absa L’Atelier Ambassadors. Hosted at Alliance Française de Lagos Nigeria, this powerful and intricately constructed showcase forms part of Absa’s 2025 Pan-African Gallery […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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1 year ago

Stories in Conversation with Badru Taofeek

Hennessy Returns to Festac: Sustaining Culture, Creativity and Community Through “In the Paint”

In the heart of Festac Town, Lagos, Park 23 Basketball Court stands not just as a place to play but as a vibrant symbol of heritage, creativity, and sustained community investment. For the third consecutive year, Hennessy returns to Park 23 Basketball Court to continue its pledge of maintaining and celebrating this cultural landmark, reaffirming […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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1 year ago

Hennessy Returns to Festac: Sustaining Culture, Creativity and Community Through “In the Paint”

After 8 years in development, Damilola Orimogunje’s “Dear Ajayi” Kicks Off Filming in Ibadan

Dear Ajayi,  Damilola Orimogunje’s second directorial work, has started principal photography in Ibadan.  After eight years of nurturing the script through an international development pipeline in Africa, Europe and North America, filming has officially commenced on Dear Ajayi, the much-anticipated second feature from award-winning Nigerian filmmaker Orimogunje. Dear Ajayi unfolds in the late 1990s in […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

After 8 years in development, Damilola Orimogunje’s “Dear Ajayi” Kicks Off Filming in Ibadan

Chisom Ifeakandu’s “The Moral High Court” Tackles the  Near-Impossibility of Justice for Nigerian Women

Filmmaking, from a cultural and political perspective, is a filmmaker’s dull or blunt response to a question or concern. The question or concern might stem from the filmmaker’s personal reflection on social issues (think Old Nollywood’s didactic stories), from the compelling intention to address political and historical issues (think Tunde Kelani and Kunle Afolayan’s earliest […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

Chisom Ifeakandu’s “The Moral High Court” Tackles the  Near-Impossibility of Justice for Nigerian Women

Titan of African literature, Ngugi wa Thiong’o dies at 87

Irrepressible force in Kenya and Africa’s literary community, Ngugi wa Thiong’o has died at 87. His work spanned roughly six decades, primarily documenting the transformation of his country – Kenya – from a colonial subject to a democracy. From his debut novel, Weep Not, Child (published May 1964) to his final works, Ngugi maintained a […]

Naomi Ezenwa

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1 year ago

Titan of African literature, Ngugi wa Thiong’o dies at 87

“Over The Bridge”: Tolu Ajayi’s Corporate Drama is Grounded in Unified Vision

Great stories aren’t the sole building block of great films. Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, Billy Wilder’s The Apartment, Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream, Boon Joon Ho’s Parasite, Celine Song’s Past Lives, Ema Edosio-Deelen’s Kasala!, Damilola Orimogunje’s For Maria Ebun Pataki and a host of others aren’t great films because they tell great stories, what […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

“Over The Bridge”: Tolu Ajayi’s Corporate Drama is Grounded in Unified Vision
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