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“5ive” Is Davido’s Happiest Album Yet — and That’s Enough

To open 5ive, the poet Alhanislam recites a spoken-word commentary on the album and the man behind it. It feels a little pretentious, rooted in the same idea that drives artists to label every new project their deepest and most personal work yet. Yet some of it does have grounding in real-life events. Alhanislam hails […]

Patrick Ezema

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1 month ago

“5ive” Is Davido’s Happiest Album Yet — and That’s Enough

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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1 month ago

Nollywood Romcoms Do Not Reflect Nigeria

Ola Aina: Mastering The Game, Owning the Spotlight

When Ola Aina faced Simon Adingra in the 2024 AFCON final, many expected the Nigerian defender to keep the Ivorian winger in check. Instead, Adingra had one of his best performances, and even Aina’s own mother playfully called him out, sending a voice note asking, “Why did you let him go past you like that?” […]

Tobi Ayinde

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2 months ago

Ola Aina: Mastering The Game, Owning the Spotlight

Davies Abienekpen, Shines Abroad with Double International Awards

A young Nigerian, Davies Abienekpen, has continued to make the country proud on the global stage, clinching two prestigious awards in recognition of his outstanding contributions to digital media and mental health advocacy while studying in the United Kingdom. Davies, a postgraduate student of Digital Media and Communications at Teesside University, received the Gold Recognition […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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22 hours ago

Davies Abienekpen, Shines Abroad with Double International Awards

Beyond Convention: The Anatomy of Gender Expression in Ajay Abalaka’s “Girl-Boy” 

Gender dynamics form a crucial part of conversations around identity construction in the contemporary world. It is even more a polemical subject in societies like Nigeria that cling stubbornly to traditional and patriarchal values. Attempts to represent queerness in mainstream Nigerian film and television are resisted and stifled, either directly or indirectly, with the National […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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1 day ago

Beyond Convention: The Anatomy of Gender Expression in Ajay Abalaka’s “Girl-Boy” 

The Life and Times of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Celebrated Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize contender Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o died on Wednesday, May 28th, at the age of 87 in Atlanta, United States. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, this Wednesday morning,” wrote his daughter Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ on Facebook. “He lived a […]

Alex Omenye

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1 day ago

The Life and Times of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Obasanjo’s Internet – Adesewa

Did you know that there are approximately 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide? Can you imagine all the different ways in which we all use the internet? Obasanjo’s Internet is our interview series where we speak to some of our internet favourites on how they relate to the internet and what it means to them and their […]

Damilola Oyeleke

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2 days ago

Obasanjo’s Internet – Adesewa

Meet the Filmmaker Behind “Nolly Babes”: The Love Letter to Classic Nollywood

Nigerian-American filmmaker Anu Bamidele is the creative force behind Nolly Babes, a short film that blends nostalgia with social commentary. Drawing from the distinctive aesthetics and storytelling traditions that made Nollywood a cultural phenomenon, Nolly Babes reimagines the genre with a contemporary lens. The film follows a struggling actress and her two ambitious friends as […]

Shalom Tewobola

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2 days ago

Meet the Filmmaker Behind “Nolly Babes”: The Love Letter to Classic Nollywood

Inside Nova Frontier Film Festival’s New Era at Harlem Stage

For nearly a decade, The Nova Frontier Film Festival has been illuminating screens with voices often left in the shadows of mainstream cinema. Founded by visionary filmmakers Billy Frank from the West Indies and Lydia Darly from Guadeloupe, this cultural cornerstone was born from a recognition of the glaring absence of authentic storytelling from the […]

Shalom Tewobola

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2 days ago

Inside Nova Frontier Film Festival’s New Era at Harlem Stage

“Over The Bridge”: Tolu Ajayi’s Corporate Drama is Grounded in Unified Vision

Great stories aren’t the sole building block of great films. Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, Billy Wilder’s The Apartment, Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream, Boon Joon Ho’s Parasite, Celine Song’s Past Lives, Ema Edosio-Deelen’s Kasala!, Damilola Orimogunje’s For Maria Ebun Pataki and a host of others aren’t great films because they tell great stories, what […]

Seyi Lasisi

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2 days ago

“Over The Bridge”: Tolu Ajayi’s Corporate Drama is Grounded in Unified Vision

The Sports Film Genre In New Nollywood 

Nollywood, as an industry deeply rooted in theatrical traditions, has flirted with different genres since its inception, with the most conspicuous being drama and comedy. A News Agency of Nigeria report identifies drama as the leading Nollywood genre of 2023 accounting for 45.5 percent of the top 44 films released in the Nigerian box office […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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2 days ago

The Sports Film Genre In New Nollywood 
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