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Features, reviews, and essays on film and TV shows from across the African continent

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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6 months ago

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

Nollywood Romcoms Do Not Reflect Nigeria

If you’ve been even remotely active online, the words Achalugo and Odogwu have likely crossed your path, either directly or embedded in brands like Piggyvest’s marketing materials. Perhaps you’ve also encountered the lavish praise hailing Love in Every Word as one of 2025’s cinematic masterpieces, or declarations that Omoni Oboli has revolutionized NollyTube. If we […]

Shalom Tewobola

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8 months ago

Nollywood Romcoms Do Not Reflect Nigeria

Marie-Hélène Roux’s “Muganga, The One Who Treats”: An Emotional Biopic On Congolese Humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Denis Mukwege 

In Swahili, “muganga” refers to a healer, preferably a medical doctor, in this case, Dr Denis Mukwege, a humanitarian and medical practitioner who founded Panzi Hospital where he committed to the treatment of female victims of sexual violence during the armed conflicts of the 1990s in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The biographical drama, Muganga, […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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2 days ago

Marie-Hélène Roux’s “Muganga, The One Who Treats”: An Emotional Biopic On Congolese Humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Denis Mukwege 

Fatimah Gimsay is Interested in Telling Colorful Everyday Stories

If anyone has truly lived in Nigerian television’s engine room, it is Fatimah Binta Gimsay. She has moved through nearly every layer of the industry: from her early days of carrying out production tasks behind the scenes to becoming one of the more distinctive voices today. She started out as a writer’s assistant, learning the […]

Shalom Tewobola

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3 days ago

Fatimah Gimsay is Interested in Telling Colorful Everyday Stories

S16 Film Festival 2025: Celestina Aleobua and Sochima Nwakaeze’s “Second Wind” Confronts Sexual Assault and Trauma 

Violence against women constitutes an underreported and underaddressed global phenomenon, with the World Health Organization (WHO) saying that nearly one in three women have experienced intimate partner violence or sexual violence of any kind in their lifetime. These victims are likely to face trauma that could last a lifetime, often struggling to overcome the psychological […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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3 days ago

S16 Film Festival 2025: Celestina Aleobua and Sochima Nwakaeze’s “Second Wind” Confronts Sexual Assault and Trauma 
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