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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

Reflections On The AMVCA Nomination List 2025

The Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) announced its list of nominees already. Obsessing over the list and the conversation it has generated in film circles, I wrote a few thoughts down about this year’s list and by extension the awarding body.       Snubbing Some of the Best Films of 2024  Korede Azeez’s With Difficulty […]

Seyi Lasisi

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7 months ago

Reflections On The AMVCA Nomination List 2025

James Damilare Speaks Volume With His Body Language In “Suky”

Thirteen minutes into the Ola Cardoso-directed action drama Suky, James Damilare’s character, the older Suky, shows up in a jalabiya, a Muslim devout, while observing an ablution. The next few scenes that come in quick succession reveal him lifting weights, which prepares us ahead for the experience of his heroism. Scenes after—the gruesome murder of […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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7 months ago

James Damilare Speaks Volume With His Body Language In “Suky”

“Love in Every Word” Has a Stereotype Problem

Before Love in Every Word even introduces Odogwu, played by Uzor Arukwe, his presence is foreshadowed, not as an individual but as an archetype. More than just a wealthy man, the Odogwu represents a cultural ideal: in Igbo tradition, the term signifies a man of great wealth, strength, and social influence. Historically, Odogwu connotes leadership […]

Shalom Tewobola

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7 months ago

“Love in Every Word” Has a Stereotype Problem

AMVCA Nominations 2025: Prediction in Key Categories

As announced by Dr. Busola Tejumola, MultiChoice’s Executive Head of Content and Channels (West Africa), during a press conference last week, the annual Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award’s (AMVCA) nomination will be announced on 23rd, March 2025. Scheduled to be a live broadcast, the nomination announcement which will take place by 7:00pm WAT will determine […]

Seyi Lasisi

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7 months ago

AMVCA Nominations 2025: Prediction in Key Categories

Five Resilient Women: ThatAfrikan Productions and Polygon’s Intimate Screening

Nothing fittingly describes my journey to the screening of Five Resilient Women event than this phrase: “Man proposes but God disposes.” However, to perfectly capture my journey to the location, the phrase will lend itself to a rewrite: “Seyi proposes but Lagos disposes.” Lagosians reading this might have a keen understanding of this anecdote. For […]

Seyi Lasisi

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8 months ago

Five Resilient Women: ThatAfrikan Productions and Polygon’s Intimate Screening

The Science of Dysfunctional Relationships In Funke Akindele’s “Finding Me”

The advent of social media and other forms of digital technology has made it easier to document dysfunctional relationships. In Nigeria, such relationships are closely associated with the family and romantic unions, and may include traces of physical and emotional abuse, parental neglect, child abuse, marital infidelity, sexual incompatibility and frustration, poor communication, violence and […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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8 months ago

The Science of Dysfunctional Relationships In Funke Akindele’s “Finding Me”

MTV Shuga Reconnects With Its Kenyan Roots

The popular television show MTV Shuga is returning to Kenya after 15 years and will premiere in May 2025. The anticipated season, MTV Shuga Mashariki, brings together a new array of talented actors and an all-Kenyan production team. First launched in Kenya in 2009, the award-winning drama series has evolved across different African regions, expanding […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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8 months ago

MTV Shuga Reconnects With Its Kenyan Roots
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