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.
Interviews & Profiles

America Is Not Like Heaven – The Ramsey Nouah Interview

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Ramsey Nouah’s face is better known around the black and African world than the face of the president of Nigeria. Born in July 1973,...
Interviews & Profiles

We Have Quality Filmmakers – Fred Amata

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Actor, Producer and director Fred Amata is of the well-known Amata show business family. One of the pioneers of the Nigerian movie industry, Fred...
Interviews & Profiles

“Acting is something I love to do” – The Uche Osotule Interview

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Sola Osofisan: Uche, I’ve known you for years as someone who does not like any kind of stress in her life. What is someone...
Interviews & Profiles

“My Husband Is More Popular” – The Stella Damasus-Aboderin Interview

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I have interviewed many people in my time…But I have never had the pleasure of interviewing someone as obviously unpretentious as Stella Damasus-Aboderin. The...
Interviews & Profiles

“I Really Do Love My Work” – The Genevieve Nnaji Interview

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Genevieve Nnaji is undoubtedly the most misunderstood actress in today’s emerging movie industry in Nigeria. But by all yardsticks, she’s also the most prominent...
Interviews & Profiles

Culture, Economics and Sustenance – Conversation with Tony Abulu

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When the Washington Post was going to do the article on Nigerian movies, it was me that they called. The guy was on the phone with me for an hour and half. I introduced him to others...
Interviews & Profiles

Is Genevieve Nnaji Nigeria’s First Movie Superstar?

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What is this Nnaji mystique that has her audience colliding heads so joyfully, crawling, craving some time in her sun? Star quality is what it is. The amount of talent dripping from her little finger is more than many of our other female leading ladies have combined...
Nigeria Matters

New York Film Festival To Honor Tunde Kelani

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The African Film Festival, probably the leading black and African film gathering in the world, is validating the Nigerian movie industry and cinematographer Tunde Kelani…
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Bart Nnaji, Okey Ndibe & African Commentary Magazine

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“Publishing is a cruel and shallow money trench, a...
Introspective

Detribalised Does Not Mean What Most Nigerians Think It Means

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Nobody Asked Me, But… “Ah, that man is very detribalised.” In...
Nigeria Matters

Oyebanji: Beyond BAO2BAO!

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​In the experience of Nigeria, focusing largely on the...
Nigeria Matters

Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

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October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across...
Interviews & Profiles

The Asika Phenomenon

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Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Controversy is the author of history. The...