AUDIO: Flavour N’Abania Pays Tribute to McLoph
In this newly released audio track titled “Iwe” (meaning Anger), his close friend and confidant Flavour N’Abania pays a moving tribute to the fallen artiste.
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Crimson Dynamics: Taking The Blood Issue Seriously
Crimson Dynamics, a book written by Adepoju, a medical scientist, examines issues involved in blood transfusion in Nigeria and suggests better approaches to managing blood donation.
Book Review: When Nwagwu’s Eyes Dance: by Nwachukwu Egbunike
Blasting rhythms fill my veins my face my limbs encounter in the living waters of that Tremendous Lover who makes my eyes dance. [Mark Nwagwu (2010) My Eyes Dance. Ibadan: BookBuilders, p 339] My Eyes Dance! Not exactly, for they actually spin and wobble in the divine and mundane interlocking of Mark Nwagwu’s latest novel. [...]
Oct 30 2010 | Posted in Arts & Books | Read More »
Book Review: Muslim and Christian Women’s Dialogue in Northern Nigeria: by Nwachukwu Egbunike
“Women invoke often the help and protection of God, finding in God their greatest if not only recourse and succour. It is their need for divine assistance and their belief in God’s assistance that unites them. They are together in their faith, despite the different expressions that faith is given in their religious traditions.”
Oct 24 2010 | Posted in Arts & Books | Read More »
Hearty Cheers for Nollywood
Nigerian film-makers tend to operate in a fast and furious manner and Nollywood now makes about 2,400 films per year, putting it ahead of the US, but behind India
Guarding a Legacy From Nigeria to Broadway
Femi Kuti, the Nigerian singer and saxophonist, admits to being delighted that “Fela!,” the Broadway musical about his father, Fela Kuti, is a hit, attracting new fans to Afrobeat, the politically charged musical genre that Fela created and Femi plays. Even so, he is not planning to see the Tony-winning show during a trip to [...]
Nollywood Second only to Bollywood in Film Industry Scale (3)
Nollywood’s success began in 1992, with the film “Living in Bondage.” At the time, after years of recurring military coups, someone finally had the courage to address the subjects that related to ordinary people. The film is about a man who falls under the influence of a religious cult, and about money and black magic. [...]
Nollywood Second only to Bollywood in Film Industry Scale (2)
Martin Onyemaobi is one of the kings of this world. His office in Alaba isn’t a real office, but more of a tiny storage room, filled with unpackaged DVDs, stacked in packs of 100, held together with rubber bands. Onyemaobi explains how the business works and reaches for his calculator. “This is where the life [...]
Nollywood Second only to Bollywood in Film Industry Scale (1)
Two-thirds of its population lives on less than a dollar a day, and yet Nigeria has the world’s second-largest film industry. It’s called Nollywood, and it provides Africa, and beyond, with a steady stream of action flicks and love stories. For Dickson Iroegbu, the day he was almost killed by Nollywood began with an important [...]
Nigeria’s Silver Screen: Nollywood Photo Gallery
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