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The Cost of Nigeria’s $4.5 Billion Fashion Industry

For three weeks now, a 14-minute documentary has been quietly circulating, carrying voices that have been systematically silenced. Model Citizen—the title itself a deliberate double entendre—presents what appears to be a celebration of exemplary professionals. Look closer, and you’ll find something more urgent: a damning exposé of an industry built on the bodies of those […]

Shalom Tewobola

11 months ago

S.I Abrams, the Director and Cinematographer of “Àkókò” is Getting Bolder and Refined

S.I Abrams, the director of Àkókò, one of the AFRIFF 2025 selected short films, is in a constant search for himself. His creative journey continues to expand, each step more deliberate and fearless, almost like shedding off old skin to open his mind to endless possibilities. Fatherhood has recently grounded him and refined his mind, […]

Seyi Lasisi

11 months ago

Seyi Vibez’ “Fuji Moto” Is Hamstrung By A Glaring Aversion to Risk

There’s a gnawing sense of unease that comes with listening to Seyi Vibez’ latest album Fuji Moto. The album’s title and branding suggest a modern interpretation, if reinvention, of Fuji, a genre whose influence on contemporary Nigerian Pop cannot be overstated but which has also been eluded by the burst of new life that genres […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

11 months ago

How “ACL” Rescued Blaqbonez’s Career

On the night of November, 6, 2025, Blaqbonez returned to his alma mater, the Obafemi Awolowo University, taking the stage of the university’s 8000-seater Amphitheater. He had left the school as an obscure battle rapper, whose proclivity for whimsy and gaunt affect seemed at odds with his chosen career path. Now he was returning arguably […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

11 months ago

Samuel “Smish” Ishola’s “Ordinary Nigerians in History” Humanizes Memory Through Storytelling

Early in the year, the Archivi.ng team asked a simple question: “What happens when a group of curious individuals are given access to the archives and enabled to do deep work?” This question was followed by a submission call to innovatively answer the question. There were numerous submissions but four Nigerian made the first cohort […]

Seyi Lasisi

11 months ago

Reframing Africa: A Conversation with Toni Tei and Neil Sandoz on Stories of Hope from Kibera

Many rich stories about Africa are either untold or underreported. Part of the problem is that these stories often do not get enough attention or support to reach where they should. The stories might become diluted long before they reach the main stage. Even so, there is almost always a one-sided focus on poverty and […]

Adedamola Adedayo

11 months ago

Godisamang Khunou’s “Black Women and Sex” Frames How African Women Navigate Sex and Sexuality

The world is enthusiastic about defining and dictating women’s, African women especially, relationship with their sex life and sexuality. In Godisamang Khunou’s directorial documentary debut, Black Women and Sex, we get invited to witness the individual story of three African women and how they navigate their relationship with sex and sexuality. The film’s plot travels […]

Seyi Lasisi

11 months ago

NBO Film Festival: Repurposing Trauma as A Tool of Resistance in Mathews Joseph Mkoga and Vinod Mishra’s “Nana”

Nana is about a woman’s struggles with love, intimacy and trauma, which leads to fatal consequences. The feature film, produced by Vinod Mishra and directed by Mathew Joseph Mkonga, mirrors a society where violence against women is often underreported and treated with levity, and shows what it is like when a woman fights back against […]

Adedamola Adedayo

11 months ago

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Seyi Vibez’ “Fuji Moto” Is Hamstrung By A Glaring Aversion to Risk

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Samuel “Smish” Ishola’s “Ordinary Nigerians in History” Humanizes Memory Through Storytelling

Reframing Africa: A Conversation with Toni Tei and Neil Sandoz on Stories of Hope from Kibera

Godisamang Khunou’s “Black Women and Sex” Frames How African Women Navigate Sex and Sexuality

NBO Film Festival: Repurposing Trauma as A Tool of Resistance in Mathews Joseph Mkoga and Vinod Mishra’s “Nana”

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