The Autograph of Nothingness understands loneliness as a concept; it is less successful at making loneliness an experience ...

We didn’t have that kind of infrastructure readily available. We basically had people who believed that we could do it.”— Nora Awolowo ...

Taken together, the selections for the 2027 Oscars offer more than a list of films competing for one of the Academy’s five ...

It must be a spiritual problem. A boy with such a bright future decides to take up a gun to hurt his fellow students” By ...

One Gidi Night finds its rhythm when Lagos, the clock and its characters’ desperation converge, but loses its grip when its screenplay leaves some decisions..

Unwanted is a chronicle of the will to leave and live by a young man with a voice, who feels his own country’s ostracism by design. This poetry, as ...

The programme begins on Thursday, 1st October, with a welcome reception, an opening film screening and a conversation with filmmakers, before transitioning into an evening of music and social ...

The Caine Prize for African Writing, the most prestigious award for African short stories, has returned in 2026 with a remarkable shortlist of five stories after what might be called a hiatus last ...

“I hope that more film festivals start to see the fullness of the African experience. This is because African cinema can be joy, it can be love, it can be happiness, it can be all those things.” – ...

Son of Elvis is a powerful introduction to an artiste with a remarkably broad and expressive artistic vocabulary, while for existing fans, it feels like a fitting continuation of his journey, offering ...

“Alahun: The Weaver” Review: Dare Olaitan’s Yoruba Epic Has the Right Philosophy and a Screenplay That Takes Too Long to Find It STARLIFE is a compelling demonstration of an artiste learning how to ...

What I keep returning to is that none of these five stories on the 2026 Caine Prize Shortlist asks to be read as representative of anything — a country, a generation, a continent — and that refusal is ...