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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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7 months ago

Nollywood Romcoms Do Not Reflect Nigeria

NBO Film Festival: Chief Nyamweya’s “Uli & Tata’s African Nursery Rhymes” Combines African Folklore with Children’s Programming

Six years ago, when Chief Nyamweya, a Kenyan animator and creative director, became a father, he evolved from making adult-focused graphic novels and crime fiction content to also catering to children’s entertainment. He had published his first graphic novel in 2010 and, together with his team, launched an animation studio about three years later. He […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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5 days ago

NBO Film Festival: Chief Nyamweya’s “Uli & Tata’s African Nursery Rhymes” Combines African Folklore with Children’s Programming

AFRIFF 2025: Nwamaka Priscilla Chikezie’s “To Adaego With Love” is Deflated by Historical Erasure

The Nigerian military government, led by General Yakubu Gown, in 1970 launched a formal post-civil-war reconciliation policy under the “no victor, no vanquished” slogan. That slogan was formally coordinated in the comprehensive “3Rs” program: Reconciliation, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction. This post-war policy was an attempt to set the tone for national cohesion, retribution and a sense […]

Seyi Lasisi

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5 days ago

AFRIFF 2025: Nwamaka Priscilla Chikezie’s “To Adaego With Love” is Deflated by Historical Erasure

James Omokwe’s “Osamede” Does not Romanticize The African Past

The Nigerian and African pre-colonial and colonial past is a space of continuous contest, trauma, nostalgia and pride. Colonialism enforced a brutal separation from personal, cultural, geographical and national identity. The cultural and spiritual life and identity of British colonies, like Nigeria, was forced to unfavourably exist and contest with British religion, culture, values and […]

Seyi Lasisi

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2 weeks ago

James Omokwe’s “Osamede” Does not Romanticize The African Past

NBO Film Festival: Daresha Kyi’s Documentary “Love, Joy & Power: Tools For Liberation” Reinforces Pan-African Sentiments

Daresha Kyi’s inspiring feature-length documentary, Love, Joy & Power: Tools For Liberation, spotlights the activities of Black Voters Matter (BVM), a non-profit movement championing empowerment and voter engagement in African-American communities. Founded in 2016 by LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright, BVM is a US-based organization that promotes grassroots democracy by mobilizing Black people to engage […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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2 weeks ago

NBO Film Festival: Daresha Kyi’s Documentary “Love, Joy & Power: Tools For Liberation” Reinforces Pan-African Sentiments
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