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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 […]

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1 year ago

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

Godisamang Khunou’s “Black Women and Sex” Frames How African Women Navigate Sex and Sexuality

The world is enthusiastic about defining and dictating women’s, African women especially, relationship with their sex life and sexuality. In Godisamang Khunou’s directorial documentary debut, Black Women and Sex, we get invited to witness the individual story of three African women and how they navigate their relationship with sex and sexuality.  The film’s plot travels […]

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10 months ago

Godisamang Khunou’s “Black Women and Sex” Frames How African Women Navigate Sex and Sexuality

ART X Lagos Concludes its Tenth Edition, Cementing a Decade of Cultural Impact

L–R: Director, Afreximbank, Mr. Stephen Kauma; Chairman, Anap Jets FZE, Mr. Atedo Peterside CON; Executive Director, Zenith Bank PLC, Dr. Adobi Nwapa; Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Founder & Chairman, ART X Lagos, Tokini Peterside-Schwebig; Coordinating Minister for the Economy & Finance Minister, Mr. Wale Edun; Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Mr. […]

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10 months ago

ART X Lagos Concludes its Tenth Edition, Cementing a Decade of Cultural Impact

AFRIFF 2025: Kalu Oji Discusses the Identity and Cultural Fragmentation in “Paso Faho”

Nigerian-Australian filmmaker, Kalu Oji is a filmmaker whose work explores the themes of identity, family and community. Pasa Faho, his feature directorial work screened at African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) to warm reception. The film, featuring Okey Bakassi and Tyson Palmer as father and son, follows the relationship between Azubuike, an Igbo Nigerian father and […]

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10 months ago

AFRIFF 2025: Few Great Films and Manifold Chaos

The 14th edition of the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) and 1st edition of the African Film and Content Market (AFCM) commenced on November 2nd and ended on the 8th November, 2025. Themed Rhythms of The Continent: The Afrobeats Film Movement, the festival opened with festivity and the screening of Oluseyi Asurf’s 3 Cold Dishes, […]

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10 months ago

AFRIFF 2025: Few Great Films and Manifold Chaos

AFRIFF 2025: Nwamaka Priscilla Chikezie’s “To Adaego With Love” is Deflated by Historical Erasure

The Nigerian military government, led by General Yakubu Gown, in 1970 launched a formal post-civil-war reconciliation policy under the “no victor, no vanquished” slogan. That slogan was formally coordinated in the comprehensive “3Rs” program: Reconciliation, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction. This post-war policy was an attempt to set the tone for national cohesion, retribution and a sense […]

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10 months ago

AFRIFF 2025: Nwamaka Priscilla Chikezie’s “To Adaego With Love” is Deflated by Historical Erasure
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