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What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?

Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.

3 months ago

Taiwo “Ogogo” Hassan, The Custodian of Action and Nollywood’s Voice of Reason

Nollywood actor Taiwo “Ogogo” Hassan, who has died aged 66 of an unnamed cancer, inspired Nigerian film audiences and industry practitioners with his commanding performances and recorded goodwill. The actor who has stayed away from mainstream attention and conversation was the face of recent conversation after one of his daughters posted a video detailing the […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 weeks ago

Best Nollywood Films of 2026, So Far

While Nollywood’s artistic ambitions have supposedly heightened, they often don’t translate onscreen.

Seyi Lasisi

2 months ago

“My Father’s Shadow”: Analysing the Identity Crisis of a Nigerian and African Title

My Father’s Shadow dual-citizenship tension isn’t an isolated conversation in African cinema. From the early 2000’s to date, there have been a select number of African titles with similar tension.

Seyi Lasisi

4 months ago

Intentional Storytelling and Black Consciousness in Kunle Afolayan’s “The Figurine” and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”

Intentional storytelling are the purposeful creative choices that involve a smooth blend of narrative, aesthetic style and themes in a manner that enhances meaning and overall appeal.

Adedamola Adedayo

7 months ago

“We Speak Their Names in Hushed Tones”: An Interview with Omoregie Osakpolor

By Carl Terver Nigerian photographer and filmmaker Omoregie Osakpolor is an intelligent and brilliant artist, mostly because he defies convention, taking his camera lens to unexplored terrain. Even when he approaches a familiar subject, he does so with the intention of renewing our vision and ways of seeing. In 2020, his documentary Nation Forgotten on […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

2 years ago

“Afamefuna” Review: Uncritical Love

Afamefuna: An Nwa Boi Story, Kayode Kasum’s celebratory stab at the nwa boi system, starts at the end and then advances towards the beginning. It starts with the death of Paul (Alex Ekubo), for which a former close friend, Afamefuna (Stan Nze), is questioned by the police. By presenting its ending first, the movie elicits […]

Michael Aromolaran

2 years ago

The 31st New York African Film Festival Welcomes“Over The Bridge”, “This Is Lagos”, Other Afrocentric Titles

African Film Festival (AFF) will celebrate the 31st edition of the New York African Film Festival in grand style, with an array of Nigerian films and documentaries, among other African titles, set to be screened. The festival will open with a North American premiere of Tolu Ajayi’s Over The Bridge. The film, which is set […]

2 years ago

Wale Ojo To Lead As Soyinka In Film Adaptation “The Man Died”

Ace Nollywood actor Wale Ojo is set to play Africa’s foremost dramatist and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka in film adaptation, The Man Died. The film is inspired by Soyinka’s memoir of the same title and is dedicated to celebrating the icon’s 90th birthday. Soyinka’s The Man Died is a memoir that accounts for the author’s arrest […]

2 years ago

My Life In Nollywood: Adebowale Adedayo (Mr Macaroni)

Every week, Culture Custodian grants you an all-access backstage pass into the lives of Nollywood rock stars. You get to hear their fascinating background, their behind-the-scenes stories, and more. Today, we link up with Nigerian content creator, comedian, and Nollywood actor Adebowale Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni. On his YouTube channel, Mr. Macaroni is […]

2 years ago

Mo Abudu, Other Africans Join The International Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences

The International Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences has welcomed CEO of EbonyLife Media, Mo Abudu, as a member of its newly elected Board of Directors. Other Africans who have recently joined the membership are Founder/CEO of Magic Carpet Labs, Ferdinand Adimefe (Nigeria); Film, Video and Cinematography Affairs/Film Producer & Director of Uganda Communications Commission, […]

2 years ago

Review: “Green Fever” Owes Us

By Kikachi Memeh A medical emergency causes a realtor (Temi Fosudo) and his sick daughter (Darasimi Nadi) to take refuge in the home of a military officer (William Benson). The resulting clashes and revelations of the chance meeting provide intrigue to Taiwo Egunjobi’s Green Fever, one of Prime Video’s newest Nollywood releases. It’s a novel […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

2 years ago

How “Áfàméfùnà: An Nwa-boi Story” Glorifies The Igbo Apprenticeship System

The Igbo are a major ethnic group in Nigeria. Although originally rooted in the Southeastern region of the country, they exist across other parts of the country, particularly in metropolitan centers where they work hard as entrepreneurs to earn a living, cater for their families and alleviate communal poverty. The Igbo apprenticeship system—a Nigerian model […]

2 years ago

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What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?

Taiwo “Ogogo” Hassan, The Custodian of Action and Nollywood’s Voice of Reason

Best Nollywood Films of 2026, So Far

“My Father’s Shadow”: Analysing the Identity Crisis of a Nigerian and African Title

Intentional Storytelling and Black Consciousness in Kunle Afolayan’s “The Figurine” and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”

“We Speak Their Names in Hushed Tones”: An Interview with Omoregie Osakpolor

“Afamefuna” Review: Uncritical Love

The 31st New York African Film Festival Welcomes“Over The Bridge”, “This Is Lagos”, Other Afrocentric Titles

Wale Ojo To Lead As Soyinka In Film Adaptation “The Man Died”

My Life In Nollywood: Adebowale Adedayo (Mr Macaroni)

Mo Abudu, Other Africans Join The International Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences

Review: “Green Fever” Owes Us

How “Áfàméfùnà: An Nwa-boi Story” Glorifies The Igbo Apprenticeship System

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