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Karabo Lediga Reflects on the Cultural and Revolutionary Questions in “Sabbatical”

Karabo Lediga’s directorial feature-length debut film Sabbatical, is a semi-autobiographical film inspired by a homecoming, after years away. However, in Lediga’s modified retelling, Lesego (Mona Monyane), a successful and ambitious banker has taken her identity and (Clementine Mosimane), is the director’s fictional mother. The film, which recently arrived on Prime Video after a successful world […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 year ago

What Wingonia Ikpi’s First Feature Project Reveals about First Time Filmmaking in Nollywood.

Wingonia Ikpi’s directorial feature-length debut film The Lost Days is one of the twelve films made from The First Features Project, an initiative spearheaded by Native Filmworks and Michelangelo Productions, driven by Steve Gukas and Dotun Olakunri. The First Feature Project which was kickstarted in the panic-driven world in November 2020, was an effort to […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 year ago

How Ayra Starr’s Roc Nation Deal Positions Her For International Domination

Days ago, Ayra Starr released on social media, the snippet to her imminent single, a chirpy pop number entitled Hot Body. In the clip, she’s dressed like a character from the 20th century cartoon series The Flintsones. She wears a wispy crop top and distressed shorts fastened together by a belt with an obscenely spiky […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

1 year ago

Karabo Lediga’s “Sabbatical” is a Powerful Meditation on Ambition and Displacement

Lesego (Mona Monyane), the lead character in Karabo Lediga’s directorial feature-length debut film Sabbatical, is haunted and confronted by many demons. The first is the depressing knowledge that the career she has built for decades is gradually crumbling alongside the financial and social security it provides. Secondly, the decades-long demon that settled into her life […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 year ago

Durotimi Okutagidi Is Taking Steady Artistic Steps

When you speak with Durotimi Okutagidi, his voice exudes a quiet confidence, reflective of an artist content with honing his craft at his own pace, unswayed by the desperation for stardom. From the outset, his personality is approachable, and when he shares, several minutes into the conversation, that he’s not driven by the glamour of […]

Adedamola Adedayo

1 year ago

Nyasha Kadandara Unpacks the Historical and National Trauma in “Matebeleland”

Nyasha Kadandara’s documentary film Matabeleland, which recently had its African premiere at the Encounters Documentary Film Festival, explores an overlooked and unresolved national trauma that haunts Zimbabweans. Centering on the story of Chris Nyathi, a man who believes his family has been cursed ever since his father was brutally murdered in 1983, the documentary explores […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 year ago

Purp Crowned Winner of Nigerian Idol Season 10

After nearly three months of electrifying performances, emotional moments, and unforgettable vocal showdowns, the curtain has finally closed on Nigerian Idol Season 10, and Purp has officially been crowned the winner! The final episode, which aired live on Sunday, saw Purp go head-to-head with fellow finalist Raymu, in a high-stakes battle that tested vocal range, […]

Adedamola Adedayo

1 year ago

“When Nigeria Happens”: A Seminal Moment as First African Film to Open Locarno Festival’s Open Doors Section

Ema Edosio-Deelen‘s When Nigeria Happens, Nigeria’s pioneering contemporary dance film, is slated to be the opening film at the Locarno Film Festival‘s esteemed Open Doors Section for its world premiere. This marks a seminal moment, as it is the first African film and the first contemporary dance film from Nigeria to open this pivotal section, […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 year ago

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Karabo Lediga Reflects on the Cultural and Revolutionary Questions in “Sabbatical”

What Wingonia Ikpi’s First Feature Project Reveals about First Time Filmmaking in Nollywood.

How Ayra Starr’s Roc Nation Deal Positions Her For International Domination

Karabo Lediga’s “Sabbatical” is a Powerful Meditation on Ambition and Displacement

Durotimi Okutagidi Is Taking Steady Artistic Steps

Nyasha Kadandara Unpacks the Historical and National Trauma in “Matebeleland”

Purp Crowned Winner of Nigerian Idol Season 10

“When Nigeria Happens”: A Seminal Moment as First African Film to Open Locarno Festival’s Open Doors Section

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