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 […]

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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 […]

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1 year ago

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

Realness Institute Appoints New Board and Advisory Council

Realness Institute, the organisation supporting the growth of African independent screen creatives, has appointed a new board of directors and alumni advisory council as it prepares for its next phase. The institute whose interest is in inspiring a new wave of African cinema, launched in 2015 and has created space for the development of multiple […]

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6 months ago

Realness Institute Appoints New Board and Advisory Council

Hugo Salvaterra’s “My Semba” and the Politics of Art

Hugo Salvaterra’s My Semba premiered at the 2026 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Watching My Semba recalls the divisive conversations held at the recently concluded 76th Berlin International Film Festival about silence and activism in cinema. The festival jury President, Wim Wenders, and others suggested that filmmakers and the festival should “stay […]

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6 months ago

Hugo Salvaterra’s “My Semba” and the Politics of Art

“Forget the Director, This is Emmy’s Cut!”: Marion Desmaret on Video Jokering and Cinema as a Shared Conversation

In Uganda, Video Jokering (often referred to as VJing) is a unique and culturally significant form of film commentary and translation. A Video Joker (VJ) is a narrator and guide whose content style is to run commentary over a movie, usually a foreign blockbuster, to translate the dialogue into local languages (primarily Luganda) and add comedic or social commentary.

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6 months ago

“Forget the Director, This is Emmy’s Cut!”: Marion Desmaret on Video Jokering and Cinema as a Shared Conversation

FESPACO Prepares for its 30th Edition

Burkina Faso’s Burkinabè Film and Audiovisual Agency (ABCA) has officially launched the next edition of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), scheduled for February 27–March 6, 2027. Founded in 1969, FESPACO is Africa’s largest and oldest film festival. The Pan-African festival, which takes place every two years in the capital city of […]

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6 months ago

FESPACO Prepares for its 30th Edition
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