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Features, reviews, and essays on film and TV shows from across the African continent

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

The Yoruba people have a saying: “Sátídé ti ọ dà, àti Jímọ́h láti mọ́.” Although there are different iterations of this saying, what they loosely translate to is that tomorrow’s greatness is foreshadowed in the details of today. This often-recycled axiom captures my thoughts after watching the trailer for Akay Mason’s Red Circle which has […]

Seyi Lasisi

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6 months ago

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

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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8 months ago

Nollywood Romcoms Do Not Reflect Nigeria

The Èko Short Session and the Thriving Nigerian Film Culture

In a Culture Custodian essay titled A Capsuled History of Indie Filmmaking in Nigeria and Alternative Screening Spaces, an attempt was made to track how, over the past two decades, Nigerian independent filmmakers and critics have sought alternative means, through guerilla-inclined activities and movements, to show alternative, avant-garde and art-conscious Nigerian and non-Nigerian titles. These […]

Seyi Lasisi

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4 hours ago

The Èko Short Session and the Thriving Nigerian Film Culture

Dimeji Ajibola’s “The Covenant” Is Ambitious But Convoluted

Within the first few minutes of a film, you can often tell whether it holds promise and is worth your time. Certain cues reveal its potential early on, and The Covenant is one such Nollywood production. It follows Dagogo (Gideon Okeke) an ex-soldier that embarks on a mission to find his brother Celestine (Zubby Michael), […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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17 hours ago

Dimeji Ajibola’s “The Covenant” Is Ambitious But Convoluted

S16 Film Festival 2025: Rete Poki’s “Traces of The Sun” Confronts Institutionalised Performances of Love

African societies are popular for their communal arrangements where people are bound together in close-knit units such as family, peer groups and religious gatherings. Within such systems, duties are expected and responsibilities are distributed, and the very understanding of love itself emanates from one’s commitment to these realities. This is why, love, for many of […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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5 days ago

S16 Film Festival 2025: Rete Poki’s “Traces of The Sun” Confronts Institutionalised Performances of Love

S16 Film Festival 2025: Barnabas Ayo-Ilekhaize Revists The Path To “Journeys of Singleness”  

Journeys of Singleness, a short film written, directed and edited by Barnabas Ayo-Ilekhaize, gives a hint of the distrust and dishonesty that characterises modern youth-centric relationships. It follows Ifebuche, a young lady with an arid romantic life and a job she is displeased with, whose friend introduces her to a potential interest, Gideon. Ifebuche begins […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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5 days ago

S16 Film Festival 2025: Barnabas Ayo-Ilekhaize Revists The Path To “Journeys of Singleness”  
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