Nollywood

When the lights flash and cameras roll at a Nollywood premiere, the movie is not the only story. The red...

There is a peculiar alchemy in cinema: a moment when an actor steps into the frame, and the world outside...

The blunt truth is, Nollywood is richer, louder, and more visible than it’s ever been but we still argue about...

There was a time when Nollywood horror could make you sleep with the lights on. Back in the ’90s and...

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, as flickering images from Nigeria’s chaotic video film industry began spilling onto satellite...

It is one thing to appear in front of the camera. It is another thing entirely to stand behind it,...

Once upon a time, Nigerian TV lived on long seasons, endless soap operas, and weekly family dramas that stretched for...

In the heart of Nigeria, where the rhythm of life pulses through vibrant streets and the air hums with stories...

In the quiet corners of literary history, some voices linger longer than the pages they wrote. Chinua Achebe’s voice is...

For most of its life, Nollywood’s image was simple to summarize. It was filled with rapid-fire production, intimate melodrama, comic...