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

Nyasha Kadandara Unpacks the Historical and National Trauma in “Matebeleland”

Nyasha Kadandara’s documentary film Matabeleland, which recently had its African premiere at the Encounters Documentary Film Festival, explores an overlooked and unresolved national trauma that haunts Zimbabweans. Centering on the story of Chris Nyathi, a man who believes his family has been  cursed ever since his father was brutally murdered in 1983, the documentary explores […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

Nyasha Kadandara Unpacks the Historical and National Trauma in “Matebeleland”

“When Nigeria Happens”: A Seminal Moment as First African Film to Open Locarno Festival’s Open Doors Section

Ema Edosio-Deelen‘s When Nigeria Happens, Nigeria’s pioneering contemporary dance film, is slated to be the opening film at the Locarno Film Festival‘s esteemed Open Doors Section for its world premiere. This marks a seminal moment, as it is the first African film and the first contemporary dance film from Nigeria to open this pivotal section, […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

“When Nigeria Happens”: A Seminal Moment as First African Film to Open Locarno Festival’s Open Doors Section

The 5 Best Nollywood Films of 2025 So far

2024 ended with the rumor of Netflix discontinuing its activities in the Nigerian film market. Films and series weren’t given worldwide distribution. Prime Video had early in 2024 announced restraining its funding and commissioning of projects in the African and Middle East market. Thus, 2025 started with lots of energy-draining and exhausting private and public […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

The 5 Best Nollywood Films of 2025 So far

Aleruchi Kinika on Photography’s Cathartic Power

Minutes into our call, Aleruchi Kinika, whose photographs have the uncanny ability to evoke a stillness that can feel almost transcendental, tells me she was perpetually depressed, weird, and reclusive as a child. “There’s a reason why my work is the way it is. I was a melancholic kid growing up. I felt so alone […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

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1 year ago

Aleruchi Kinika on Photography’s Cathartic Power

“Echoes of Innocence” by Emmanuel Idowu Opens in Lagos as Part of Absa’s Pan-African Art Exhibition Series

Absa Group, in partnership with the South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA), proudly presents “Echoes of Innocence”, a solo exhibition by Nigerian artist Emmanuel Idowu, one of the 2023 Absa L’Atelier Ambassador Award winners. The exhibition is currently on view at Alliance Française Lagos and runs until 26 July 2025. This powerful […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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1 year ago

“Echoes of Innocence” by Emmanuel Idowu Opens in Lagos as Part of Absa’s Pan-African Art Exhibition Series

Filmjoint Premiere 2025: The Market For Nigerian Short Films Keep Expanding

Filmjoint, founded by Gbenga Adeoti, was created out of the necessity to boost the identity of Nigerian and international short films. Worried, as a filmmaker himself, about the second-class look and attention given to Nigerian and international short films by the audience, distributors and even filmmakers themselves, Adeoti decided to make a business and financial […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

Filmjoint Premiere 2025: The Market For Nigerian Short Films Keep Expanding
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