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

In Nigeria, Shame is the Substance of Things Hoped For

What shall it profit a people to lack shame?  What does it really profit a nation of over 180 million people to consistently platform and promote individuals with an addiction to humiliation? There comes a time when one must sit back, rest their hands on their head, exhale, and declare that it all doesn’t make […]

John Eriomala

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3 months ago

In Nigeria, Shame is the Substance of Things Hoped For

S16 Film Festival 2025: Mooreoluwa Wright’s “Keys” Plays The Politics of The Obscure

The horror film genre is known for jump scares, dark symbols, a tense, bizarre atmosphere enhanced with effective lighting, colour palettes and requisite sound design, and characters that often come off as strange, underdeveloped and spiritually inclined. Mooreoluwa Wright’s Keys effuses these symptoms over a deserving twenty-three minutes of running time that reflects a repugnant […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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8 months ago

S16 Film Festival 2025: Mooreoluwa Wright’s “Keys” Plays The Politics of The Obscure

A Night for the Culture: Fuji Vibrations 2025 Delivers Heritage, Community, and Unmatched Energy

“Fuji: A Opera” marked a major milestone this year as Fuji Vibrations 2025 delivered its most expansive edition yet, transforming Muri Okunola Park into a vibrant, full-capacity celebration of heritage, community, and the enduring power of Fuji music. Held on December 4, the fifth-anniversary edition drew an impressive 8,421 attendees, reaffirming the event’s reputation as […]

Naomi Ezenwa

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8 months ago

A Night for the Culture: Fuji Vibrations 2025 Delivers Heritage, Community, and Unmatched Energy

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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8 months 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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8 months ago

Fatimah Gimsay is Interested in Telling Colorful Everyday Stories
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