nollywood

Midnight in Shangisha, a drama-comedy movie featuring top names like Sola Sobowale, Ireti Doyle, Tina Mba, Baaj Adebule, Lanre Adediwura, Antar Laniyan, and others will open in the cinemas in …

The impact of Nollywood on Nigerian youths has been a thing of concern and uneasiness to me, especially with the recent news of a 23-year- old young man arrested for …

Reflections on Nigerian Movie Industry: Salute to Pioneering Creativity and Perseverance by Femi Akintunde-Johnson; Basic Skills Academy (ISBN 978-1-716-08239-9); 2021; 158pp    Nigeria is celebrated across the globe as being …

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, perspective impacts and shifts the narrative, …

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

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 in titles like Beyonce, The President’s …

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 of attention nowadays. Sola Osofisan: Before …

I prepped for this interview like I was going to war. I had read many of the interviews she had granted over the years and felt there were several questions …

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

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, his face has sold many Nigerian …

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 is better known these days as …

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 like you doing in the acting …

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 star of movies like DANGEROUS DESIRE …