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Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

In Starrgirl, Ayra Starr does not ask you to reconsider Ayra Starr. She assumes you already know who she is and expects you to keep up. The title alone sends listeners a message before they press play. Her first two records were titled around age — 19 & Dangerous introduced a fearless, fast-talking teenager; The […]

Anjola Akinmade

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“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

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 year 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 year 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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1 year 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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1 year 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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1 year 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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1 year 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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1 year ago

The Sports Film Genre In New Nollywood 

Africa’s 2025 Cannes Outing, Wins & Misses

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival wrapped up in grand style on March 24 bestowing limited recognition to African cinema. The most notable acknowledgement went to Nigerian-British director Akinola Davies Jnr’s My Father’s Shadow which received an honorable mention in the Camera d’Or category, recognizing his achievement as a debut filmmaker. However, the Camera d’Or award […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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1 year ago

Africa’s 2025 Cannes Outing, Wins & Misses
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