The New Black Films
There is something to be said about the sheer volume of highly-anticipated films made by black filmmakers or about communities of color.
There is something to be said about the sheer volume of highly-anticipated films made by black filmmakers or about communities of color.
The love affair between Nigerians and Arsenal is an enduring one. Other English teams are also
The theater, built by the military and finished in time for FESTAC in 1977, has always been a site of public disagreement.
A group of graduate students in New York photograph the city's immigrant and refugee communities, especially the African ones.
The historian Max Siollun wants to present Nigerian history as something more than a mechanical rendering of dates and facts.
On Linda Ikeji's blog it's all good fun until the gay-baiting begins.
The South African photographer Gideon Mendel's images of people affected by flooding in seven sites, including Nigeria.
Two Nigerian-American brothers hope to bring a unique African cultural perspective to cartoons, comics and animation, where Africans are usually absent.
Nollywood, the world’s second largest film industry, produces over 2000 films annually, and now, seven of its best will be screened at France’s first ever NollywoodWeek Paris.
Nigeria's ruling class, when faced with criticism, always go for censorship, to silence their critics.
Chinua Achebe’s legacy is not fixed but rather about responding to change with energy and wit.
To my ear Achebe’s voice is always measured even at its most defiant.
Comparisons between Chinua Achebe and Nigeria's other great writer, Wole Soyinka, will increase, now Achebe has passed.
Why Goodluck Jonathan's presidential pardons are a bad idea.
The problem with so many Twitter crowd members is they live in their comfort zone and are not about to lift a finger to get out of there.
We hardly ever feature Brazilian music, and even less their take on Afrobeat. The above tune by
Zina Saro Wiwa wants Nigerian film to break out of its Nollywood straightjacket. She is trying it with her film, "Phyllis."
A post that takes a warm, nostalgic trip through an aspect of West Africa's rich musical heritage: Nigerian highlife.
One of my current favorite bands–haven’t seen them play live yet; they’re out West–is Bell Atlas.
Did Goodluck Jonathan allegedly take US $1m from an anti-poverty fund to allegedly bring Beyonce and Jay-Z to Nigeria in 2006?