From his oeuvre, C. J. Obasi’s cinematic traction is obvious. Not only does he make the kinds of films that are uncommon to mainstream Nollywood; he also weaves spirituality into
Sir Victor Uwaifo, the late great Nigerian musician, once confessed seeing Mami Wata as he sat strumming a guitar on a beach, in Lagos, in the 1960s. That incredulous encounter,
On Sunday October 15th, the Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) for the Best International Feature Film (IFF) category of the Oscars announced the submission of C. J. Obasi’s Mami Wata
Some of the best African films of late seem interested in close-knit communities and forces of change that try to break them. In Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s This is Not a