Sola Osofisan

Sola Osofisan is a writer, screenwriter and filmmaker. His movies include 'Unbreakable' (2018, Screenwriter, Co-Producer), 'Over Her Dead Body' (2020, Screenwriter, Producer, Director). His award-winning radio play, OLD LETTERS, was produced and broadcast by the BBC. A three-time winner of the Association of Nigerian Authors national awards (prose and poetry), he is the author of DarkVisions (Malthouse), Darksongs, The Living & the Dead (Heinemann) and Blood Will Call.

Snackable Reflections on Nollywood

Movie-making in Nigeria, a story already long and winding, is nevertheless young and evolving. Like the proverbial elephant in the grip of blind men,...

Nollywood is a Revelation – Azubuike Erinugha

It is not uncommon to see Nigerians and Africans resident abroad flying back home to shoot a movie. This is just one of the...

Nadia Buari: “I Think Guys Love Me More”

Actress Nadia Buari is one of the trail-blazing faces taking the emerging video movie industry in Ghana to the next level. She is featured...

Oliver Mbamara: From “This America” to “Slave Warrior”

Oliver Mbamara’s self-produced movies are doing well in the United States. A lawyer and poet, Mbamara’s comedic chops are bringing him a different kind...

Patience Ozokwor on Life in the Refugee Camp: We saw people die…

I prepped for this interview like I was going to war. I had read many of the interviews she had granted over the years...

Charles Novia: God, why did you create me this way?

Charles Novia has been around. Like other Nollywood practitioners like RMD, Niji Akanni, Yemi Solade and Segun Arinze who have a live theatre background,...

Does 30 Days Live Up To The Hype?

Does 30 Days, the movie, live up to the hype? It doesn't disappoint. Besides, it doesn't matter. Hype is the great marketing tool and as long as the movie sells, the publicist's work is done...

“I came to America as a Prince” – The Emeka Ike Interview

I must confess I had not seen much of Emeka Ike’s works before this interview. He was also in attendance at the recent Filmmakers’...

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