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New American TV Show, Bob Hearts Abishola, Has Nigerian At The Centre

A new American TV show, called Bob Hearts Abishola, has been causing a lot of buzz and conversation since it premiered in September this year. On the show, a man named Bob has a heart attack and falls in love

Throwback Thursday: Violated

Last week we talked about Checkmate, the unforgettable TV series that held the attention of Nigerian viewers in the 90’s. Checkmate was created by the screenwriter and director Amaka Igwe, and it featured an intriguing romance between two lead characters

Netflix Acquires Another Nollywood Film: Up North

It has been an interesting year for Nollywood, and indeed Nigerian entertainment in general. Netflix seems to have some kind of strategy in place for a growing demand and is implementing it with an aggressive system of acquiring the most

Nollywood of Life! #TBT: Glamour Girls

Money rituals, black magic, love, crime, and revenge. These were the themes most Nollywood stories were centred on in the ’90s. At the time, Nollywood movies were called ‘home videos’ and the term ‘Nollywood’ had not yet been coined (it

Throwback Thursday: Checkmate The TV Series

In the 1980s, laws were made by the National Commission to limit the amount of foreign content a local broadcasting station could show in Nigeria. As a result, Nigerian producers had to create more local content for television. They started

Nollywood of Life! Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo

Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo is the story of a naive mechanic, Adigun, who moves to Lagos after he gets word that his father has passed away. In Lagos, Adigun meets Taiwo, a sly and cunning man who claims to have

Everything You Need to Know About Ake Festival 2019

The Ake Festival is now in its 7th year. For the past 6 years, its founder and visionary, Lola Shoneyin, has championed the cause. The Festival began in Abeokuta and held for the first time in 2013. In 2017, Lola

The Most Exciting Things to Know About AMAA 2019

The African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), one of the oldest and most prestigious movie awards on the continent, is in its 15th year. On the 18th of September, the African Academy released an official list of all the African films

Genevieve Nnaji’s ‘Lionheart’ will Represent Nigeria at the 2020 Oscars

Genevieve Nnaji’s 2018 film, Lionheart, has been selected by the Nigerian Oscars Selection Committee to compete for the Best International Feature Film Award at the Oscars in 2020. This is the first time a Nigerian film will be considered for

Events to Look Forward to in October

October is an exciting month for creatives in Nigeria. Every year, several concerts and art events spread themselves across October, November, and December. This month, there are plenty to choose from. Each one will give you a very special experience

Nollywood of Life! King of Boys

King of Boys is a 2018 drama film that was written and directed by Kemi Adetiba. In King of Boys, Sola Sobowale plays the part of Alhaja Eniola Salami, a ruthless business woman who has fought her way to the

Ogun State Declares Plans for an Unprecedented Multi-Purpose Creative Entertainment Village

The Ogun State Ministry of Culture and Tourism (OGSG) hosted a celebration of the 42nd edition of World Tourism Day on Friday. The state’s deputy governor, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, revealed news that plans are in motion to create a multipurpose creative

What to Watch this Weekend: ‘Love is War’

There is one thing you cannot deny. Nollywood movies tell good stories. This superpower dates back to the earliest times of the Nigerian film industry. Even when Nollywood was not yet Nollywood, when Nigerian films were nothing more than plays

Song of the Week: 49-99 by Tiwa Savage

Where were you in 1978? The 70’s were some of the most exciting and successful years for Fela Anikulapo-Kati’s music. His songs have remained influential and wildly popular till today. It’s more than likely that even those that weren’t born

HBO Max Orders Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira’s TV Adaptation of Adichie’s Americanah

HBO Max, an American media platform that will launch in 2020, recently announced that it has ordered ten episodes of Americanah, an upcoming TV show by Lupita Nyong’o that is based on Chimamanda Adichie’s infamous book, Americanah. In 2014, Lupita

A Round Up of Movies To Watch This Weekend

I like options, and there are a lot of good movies to see in cinemas this week. Some movies, like The Lion King, are so good they’ve been showing in cinemas for the past 3 weeks. Some of them have

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