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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...

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,...

Culture, Economics and Sustenance – Conversation with Tony Abulu

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...

Is Genevieve Nnaji Nigeria’s First Movie Superstar?

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...

“The King of Boys” – Conversation with Richard Mofe-Damijo

I have a friend who always jokes and says “isn’t life ironical? You that was born to play, you went to school to study and now they actually give you money for you to play..."

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