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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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5 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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6 months ago

Nollywood Romcoms Do Not Reflect Nigeria

Obasanjo’s Internet – Aisha Salaudeen

Did you know that there are approximately 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide? Can you imagine all the different ways in which we all use the internet? Obasanjo’s Internet is our interview series where we speak to some of our internet favourites on how they relate to the internet and what it means to them […]

Damilola Oyeleke

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2 years ago

Obasanjo’s Internet – Aisha Salaudeen

“The Devil’s Work” Season 1 Review: Shirley Frimpong-Manso Experiments With A Closed-circuit Detective Story 

The Devil’s Work, directed by veteran Ghallywood filmmaker Shirley Frimpong-Manso, is a detective thriller limited series based on an investigation into the murder of an NGO boss, Madam Judy Laing. The narrator—the matriarchal voice of the deceased Madam Judy — often interrupts with background insights as the story digs into her mysterious death while meddling […]

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2 years ago

“The Devil’s Work” Season 1 Review: Shirley Frimpong-Manso Experiments With A Closed-circuit Detective Story 

Interview: Ebuka Njoku Wants To Tell Realistic New Nollywood Stories 

While it is the wish of every filmmaker to tell a story, how they go about achieving this differs. Filmmaking in Nigeria, dubbed Nollywood, has undergone many unspoken reforms, with traditional theatricians, pioneering filmmakers, mass market enthusiasts and New Nollywood  pacesetters all embracing  elements and techniques that are not only in sync with their times […]

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2 years ago

Interview: Ebuka Njoku Wants To Tell Realistic New Nollywood Stories 

“A Young Time Ago” Review: The Ending Is Too Good To Be True 

Traditional stories of love and romance usually end on positive notes with the embattled pair fulfilling the “and they lived happily ever after” prophecy. Such stories are often trapped between realism and idealism: the storyteller flaunts turbulent moments of the relationship to prove that romance is all but perfectionist fantasy; but then the couple, a […]

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2 years ago

“A Young Time Ago” Review: The Ending Is Too Good To Be True 

5 Videographers Who Are Channelling Their Inner Storyteller Through Visuals

In the art of storytelling, visuals act like pillars upon which narratives are woven. Indeed, for the majority of people, the adage seeing is believing holds true, as what one cannot perceive, one often finds difficult to comprehend. Hence, the appeal of a story’s visuals goes beyond aesthetics and into its ability to capture, enhance, […]

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2 years ago

5 Videographers Who Are Channelling Their Inner Storyteller Through Visuals

Everything We Know About Netflix’s Upcoming Nollywood Slate

Netflix recently unveiled a lineup of Nigerian shows coming to the streaming platform, amongst them are spin-off series to critically acclaimed films: Aníkúlápó and Òlòtūré. Given that both movies’ endings felt like the perfect conclusion to their stories, their return to our screens is unexpected, and so far has sparked mixed reactions in many fans. […]

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2 years ago

Everything We Know About Netflix’s Upcoming Nollywood Slate
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