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Writing against the grain: Adekeye Adebajo’s Africa

Informed, provocative, and hopeful — Adebajo’s work resists reduction, embracing Africa’s plurality and persistent spirit

On the face of it: South African photographer Pieter Hugo’s pictures Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 2015 (Pieter Hugo)

Pieter Hugo’s tragic beauty pushes the button of mortality

The photographer’s ambitious new exhibition What the Light Falls On is a free-ranging meditation on life

PCCW’s HKT unit will unveil the entertainment service as early as next week.

Africa media consumption shifts to local content, but not by African authors

Local content is beginning to outcompete international films in Africa as rapid smartphone penetration and an affordable and expanding internet bring African creatives closer to…

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OPINION | How film can shape our understanding of African queer realities

‘Inxeba/The Wound’ is but one of the films of the growing body of literary and visual texts which have focused on queer lived experiences in Africa.

Iconic: Sola Sobowale returns as crime boss Eniola Salam

Review: Nigeria’s ‘King of Boys’ was a smash hit. Does the sequel do it justice?

Kemi Adetiba’s Netflix miniseries is certainly stylish — but it’s missing the panache of the original

The film was released worldwide on 16 December 2016, and became the highest grossing Nigerian film;[4][5] a record which was broken in 2017 by its sequel The Wedding Party 2. (Image courtesy of The Wedding Party)

How professionalism, and new business models, are nurturing Nollywood

Nollywood’s production values have undergone tremendous change over the past decade, but is the effect sustainable?

Police brutality: Nigerian youths say they are being profiled and their emails and text messages seized and read by the now supposedly disbanded Sars unit of the Nigeria Police Force.
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Nollywood’s political struggle

How has Nigeria’s film industry responded to the #EndSARS protests?

Nollywood-style weddings land on the cutting room floor

As the coronavirus restrictions on mass gatherings persist, Nigeria is having to tone down the grand events it cherishes

More recent film projects have had to pause or rethink production in the wake of Covid-19. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

How to make a movie during a pandemic

Nollywood directors are having to adapt quickly to Covid-19 restrictions that make filming tricky

Chief Daddy is one of the many Nollywood films you can watch on Netflix over the Easter weekend. (Netflix)
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The Virtual Weekend Guide

Get into your lockdown long-weekend mood with at home entertainment ranging from Netflix, music concerts, cook-alongs to yoga sessions

Lights, camera, action: Mental health through a Nollywood lens. (Akintunde Akinleye)
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“An African man like me depressed?” Why representation matters in the movies

The continent’s largest film industry has been getting mental health all wrong with dangerous consequences. Now, that’s changing.

Nigerian actress, Genevieve Nnaji in her film, ‘Lionheart’. Netflix
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What Netflix’s involvement in Nigeria’s massive film industry really means

Big investors seem to be mainly interested in Nollywood’s already established popularity with African audiences

Eyo masqueraders marching in Lagos represent the spirits of the dead.

New advocates for the ancient gods of Nigeria

Over the centuries, Nigeria’s colonisers brought their religions with them. But not everyone has forgotten the old gods

Taking the cake: Nigerian actress Adesua Etomi stars in the romantic comedy The Wedding Party

Glossy hit comedy heralds a new era for Nollywood

"​Nollywood film The Wedding Party has shown Nigerian cinema at the top of its game"

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Hard work pays off for founder of ‘Nollywood Netflix’

A young entrepreneur is tapping the high demand for Nigerian movies.

iROKO started supplying Nollywood DVDs to retail outlets in Johannesburg in June and is looking to expand further in Africa’s biggest economy. (AFP)

Nollywood goes global as Nigeria filmmakers fight for more funding

There is a growing appetite for well-made Nigerian films, but securing financing from a bank is near impossible.

iROKO started supplying Nollywood DVDs to retail outlets in Johannesburg in June and is looking to expand further in Africa’s biggest economy. (AFP)

Aeroplane thriller flies close to Nigeria’s reality

In Nigeria, Last Flight to Abuja has become the first home-grown production to outsell Hollywood films this year.

Ekasi secrets laid bare

Ekasi secrets laid bare

<b>Matthew Krouse</b> spoke to Fanney Tsimang, whose locally produced short gay feature film is based on a Nollywood concept.

Is Jeta Amata Nollywood’s gift to Hollywood?

The director is challenging Nigeria’s film industry to raise its game by hiring American stars and taking on topical, political themes.

Nollywood and the net: A love story
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Nollywood and the net: A love story

With the help of an entrepreneurial expat in London and ­YouTube’s partner programme, cheaply made movies from Nigeria have successfully gone global.