This Nollywood blockbuster has been one of the most talked-about films this December. With a compelling storyline, strong performances, and box-office success, Behind The Scenes is a top pick for ...
Nigeria might be going through its worst economic crisis in a generation, but in Lagos, the party hasn't stopped. Patrons at The Library, where fake banknotes rained down on the stage, were being ...
For years, YouTube in Nigeria was the digital equivalent of an open market: noisy, chaotic, full of skits, quick laughs, and spontaneous content. It was the land of comedic sketches, prank videos, and ...
Akinola Davies, the director of "My Father's Shadow", Nigeria's first film to win an award at the Cannes film festival, is savouring his return to Lagos, the country's cultural capital, where the ...
Adebayo Adeleye has had enough. The Super Eagles goalkeeper from Nigeria is asking the public to stop comparing him to André Onana, the Cameroonian shot-stopper for Manchester United. Currently in ...
“Peace is not a silence you force into people’s mouths,” writes Maryam Bukar Hassan, a Nigerian spoken word artist and poet known as Alhanislam who has become the UN’s first Global Advocate for Peace.
With the African film industry experiencing a massive point-of-view switch over the last decade, the space is beginning to experience more African stories being told by indigenous writers and ...
With "My Father's Shadow," Nigeria's first film in the Cannes Film Festival's official selection, director Akinola Davies Jr. wanted to create something deeply personal, he told Reuters. The film had ...
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Director Akinola Davies Jr. poses for a portrait ...
It would be a historic and special moment just simply for the fact that Akinola Davies Jr.’s debut feature, My Father’s Shadow, is the first film from Nigeria to be selected to play in the Cannes Film ...
Cannes: Akinola Davies Jr.'s semi-autobiographical feature debut stars Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as an absent father who tries to set a good example for his sons as their country burns around them. June 24, 1993 ...
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