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The 68th Grammy Nominations Reflect Nigerian Music’s Declining Position on the Global Stage

On the evening of October 7, 2025, when the The Recording Academy began to issue the first set of nominations for the 68th Grammy Awards, set to take place on Sunday, February 1, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the internet seemed to wait with bated breath as music fans across the world anticipated […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

10 months ago

Show Dem Camp’s “AFRIKA MAGIK” Promises The Magic of Old Nollywood

The rollout for AFRIKA MAGIK, the cheeky, nostalgia-addled title of Show Dem Camp’s 12th studio album, really began in earnest when they posted on X a recreation of a popular meme from a scene in an old Nollywood film in which, in a show of smoldering machismo, actors Jim Iyke and Mike Ezuronye douse each […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

10 months ago

AFRIFF 2025: Few Great Films and Manifold Chaos

The 14th edition of the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) and 1st edition of the African Film and Content Market (AFCM) commenced on November 2nd and ended on the 8th November, 2025. Themed Rhythms of The Continent: The Afrobeats Film Movement, the festival opened with festivity and the screening of Oluseyi Asurf’s 3 Cold Dishes, […]

Seyi Lasisi

10 months ago

AFRIFF 2025: “The Boy Who Gave”: Allison Precious Emmanuel’s Film is Pedantic about its Lead’s Suffering

In 2008, Segun Ogungbe’s Ibi Giga (loosely translated as high places) was produced. This film which would thrust Ogungbe into public attention was also written, directed, led and produced by him. The film tells the story of Opeyemi, a hardworking but destitute man. Opeyemi does menial jobs and exerts himself but his financial and social […]

Seyi Lasisi

10 months ago

NBO Film Festival: Damien Hauser’s “Memory of Princess Mumbi” Is A Heartwarming Retrofuturist Mockumentary

How much experimentation is too much for a creative mind? For Swiss-Kenyan filmmaker Damien Hauser, the answer seems elusive, determined by how effectively ideas are orchestrated. Memory of Princess Mumbi, Hauser’s retro-futuristic film and a co-production between Kenya and Switzerland, embodies this fluidity and abstraction of boundaries in storytelling, bestriding the threshold of fiction and […]

Adedamola Adedayo

10 months ago

Chiderah Uzowulu Wants Black Filmmakers to Know They Can Do Anything

Chiderah Uzowulu embodies what happens when talent, creativity, and relentless determination collide. Though he built his foundation on the basketball court, film has always been his true passion, he was simply waiting for the right moment to step into the spotlight. After earning his engineering degree from the University of Texas, Uzowulu made a bold […]

Shalom Tewobola

10 months ago

The Mischief Maker and Rough Player: In Conversation With Chukwu Martin on Community Building for Independent Cinema

On a tranquil evening at the modest Lagos venue of this year’s The Annual Film Mischief (TAFM), the final screening of the day is Irin Ajo (The Journey), a short film by Myde Glover rooted in Yoruba spirituality and the belief in reincarnation. The story follows a man’s visit to his wife’s family, leading to […]

Adedamola Adedayo

10 months ago

MOWAA Under Siege: How Politics and Ego Tarnish Nigeria’s Cultural Image

On November 9th, what was supposed to be a quiet, dignified gathering of global stakeholders in art and culture at the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City became a moment of national embarrassment. A small preview event meant to showcase the progress of the museum’s work — attended by diplomats, art curators, […]

Naomi Ezenwa

10 months ago

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AFRIFF 2025: Few Great Films and Manifold Chaos

AFRIFF 2025: “The Boy Who Gave”: Allison Precious Emmanuel’s Film is Pedantic about its Lead’s Suffering

NBO Film Festival: Damien Hauser’s “Memory of Princess Mumbi” Is A Heartwarming Retrofuturist Mockumentary

Chiderah Uzowulu Wants Black Filmmakers to Know They Can Do Anything

The Mischief Maker and Rough Player: In Conversation With Chukwu Martin on Community Building for Independent Cinema

MOWAA Under Siege: How Politics and Ego Tarnish Nigeria’s Cultural Image

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