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

S16 Film Festival 2025: Kagho Idhebor’s “My Jebba Story” and Lagos’ Architecture Space

Nigerian filmmaker and cinematographer, Kagho Idhebor has over the years fashioned a distinctive and recognisable filmmaking style and language. This style is discernible in his independently voiced, written, edited, shot and directed projects. The filmmaker, in these films, leans more towards documentary-esque shorts and photo essays produced from pictures he took on the street. This […]

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9 months ago

S16 Film Festival 2025: Kagho Idhebor’s “My Jebba Story” and Lagos’ Architecture Space
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