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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

Durban FilmMart Spotlights Promising Nigerian Project

The Durban FilmMart, one of Africa’s premier film industry events, returns for its 16th edition from July 18-21. The festival continues its legacy as the continent’s leading platform for co-production, networking, and film financing. Under the theme Bridges Not Borders: Stories That Unite, this year’s market aims to strengthen creative connections across Africa by bringing […]

Shalom Tewobola

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6 months ago

Durban FilmMart Spotlights Promising Nigerian Project

Inside “3 Cold Dishes:” Asurf Oluseyi’s Boldest Film Yet

Asurf Oluseyi is a filmmaker who refuses to play it safe. Best known for his breakout directorial debut Hakkunde (2017) and the crowd-pleasing Kasanova (2019), his work straddles the commercial and the conscious, often spotlighting underrepresented narratives through a human cinematic lens. His latest project, 3 Cold Dishes, a Pan-African thriller tackling sex trafficking, premiered […]

Shalom Tewobola

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6 months ago

Inside “3 Cold Dishes:” Asurf Oluseyi’s Boldest Film Yet

The Wait Continues: Nollywood Films Expected but Not Released

The second quarter of the year is underway, and we have witnessed a number of Nollywood releases across different distribution outlets—video on-demand streaming platforms, YouTube, cinemas. Things seem to be taking an interesting shape, while tensions of Netflix and Prime Video’s purported partial retraction from the African market remain almost inexistent. In the last two […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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6 months ago

The Wait Continues: Nollywood Films Expected but Not Released

Nnamdi Kanaga’s Memoir “Onwuchekwa: Death Waits…” Highlights His Existential And Artistic Ties With Tragedy 

On April 19th, 2014, during the Easter celebrations, Nnamdi Kanaga received an invitation to grief after he got a call informing him that one of his brothers, Peter, a university freshman at the time, had drowned. Six years after his initial  bereavement, Kanaga lost his father. The psychological impact of these experiences seem to weigh […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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6 months ago

Nnamdi Kanaga’s Memoir “Onwuchekwa: Death Waits…” Highlights His Existential And Artistic Ties With Tragedy 

“Meet The Khumalos” —A Virtuosic Gesture of Humor- Weathered Romance 

Romance, across African cultures, does not thrive independently or solely on love gestures between the partners involved. Its longevity, as South African producer-director Jayan Moodley makes us believe in Meet The Khumalos, is often strongly tied to family allegiances. Becoming engaged as a couple and getting married without parental consent is considered abominable to most […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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6 months ago

“Meet The Khumalos” —A Virtuosic Gesture of Humor- Weathered Romance 
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