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Daniel Obasi
February 10, 2018

[The Media Blog] “An Alien in Town” is Daniel Obasi’s most metaphorical work yet

Anyone who is familiar with Daniel Obasi’s art would know that they are distinctly subversive and usually non-conformist. His 2017 photo essay The Illegal Project utilised the medium of photography as way to talk about sexuality and gender and strip both subjects of the taboos associated with them. He’s been building this kind of complex,... Read More
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Michelle Dede
February 9, 2018

[The Film Blog] Marriage, marriage, marriage: Michelle Dede makes “June” a bearable romantic comedy

If you have ever attended a Nigerian wedding, then you have already seen half of June, the sappy, Desmond Elliot-directed romantic comedy that places itself right within the wedding-industrial complex that Nollywood seems hell bent on exploiting. The film takes thematic cues from The Wedding Planner of 2001, directed by Adam Shankman and stars Jennifer... Read More
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Inxeba
February 8, 2018

[The Film Blog] You can now stream South African queer film “Inxeba” (The Wound) on Netflix

“In The Wound, being a man isn’t about being a naturally dominant person, but about learning to submit yourself to a patriarchal model that demands heterosexuality,” Brett Pardy writes in a recent review for Seventh Row. Directed by John Tengrove, Inxeba (The Wound) is a South African coming-of-age film that tells the story of Xolani,... Read More
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MTV Shuga
February 7, 2018

[The Media Blog] Watch the Teaser: “MTV Shuga” Season 6 is Back in Naija

Your favourite prestige, millennial-driven drama series MTV Shuga is back for its highly anticipated sixth season. After a year long hiatus for a South African edition, it is making a major comeback to Nigeria where it will focus on a number of issues facing young Nigerians today. Fusing family planning, contraception, HIV prevention and sexual... Read More
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Dunkirk
February 2, 2018

[The Film Blog] We need to talk about the Oscar-nominated “Dunkirk” and its exclusion of women

I’m on a must-watch Oscar movies marathon. The idea is very simple: I try to watch all the films nominated in key categories, and, if there’s any endurance left, I check out categories like Best Documentary. Last year, I failed terribly at this attempt but 2018 is turning out quite differently. I first saw Call... Read More
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linda Ikeji
February 1, 2018

[The Media Blog] A First Look at “Annabel: My Life As A Former Stripper” on Linda Ikeji TV

Is there anything that Linda Ikeji TV hasn’t done? At the moment, I’m losing track of its soon-to-be-aired content and that’s necessarily not a bad thing. We are getting prepared. Annabel: My Life As A Former Stripper, the latest reality television in LITV’s expanding library, is hewed towards titillation and based on the life of... Read More
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hereditary
January 31, 2018

[The Film Blog] “Hereditary” is the Scary Horror Film Everyone was Talking About at Sundance

Every film buff knows the Sundance film festival is always a useful precursor for the films that will dominate the conversation in the coming year. And although the festival is over now, this year had a promising slate of female filmmakers (Sara Colangelo, Alexandria Bombach, Isold Uggadóttir, Sandi Tan) and there was also the memorable... Read More
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Tobi Bakre
January 30, 2018

[The Media Blog] Big Brother Naija: Controversy is already brewing around Tobi Bakre

Amidst the media coverage of a rather bloodless Grammy Awards, the third season of Big Brother Naija made quite an impression with its opening live show. The twenty housemates were unveiled during mini-interviews, which offered glimpses into the neat symmetry of their lives. Some of them were like avatars of contestants from the show’s previous... Read More
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new money
January 27, 2018

[The Film Blog] The teaser for Tope Oshin’s “New Money” is here and it’s all about the money

They say money makes the world go round and new money is even better. In the hands of Toun Odumosu (Jemima Osunde), a lowly shop attendant living a simple existence, her newly acquired wealth bequeathed from her estranged, well-to-do father and how her world drastically changes all sounds familiar. Cinderella-esque, even. And this is the... Read More
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linda ikeji
January 26, 2018

[The Media Blog] A daily entertainment news show is coming to Linda Ikeji TV & this could be huge

Renowned blogger and entrepreneur Linda Ikeji has taken another step towards turning her nascent TV brand Linda Ikeji TV into an entertainment monolith. So far, LiTV’s overall programming philosophy has been notoriously maximalist, rapidly diversifying the TV landscape with its semi long-form and snackable content, from reality shows to talk shows and (coughs) adult-oriented stuff.... Read More
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Wedding Party
January 25, 2018

[The Film Blog] “The Wedding Party 2” is now the Highest Grossing Nollywood Film Ever but Where are the Receipts?

Before the cinema-wide premiere of The Wedding Party: Destination Dubai in Nigeria, I wrote about the untold appeal of The Wedding Party and why the sequel won’t be as commercially successful. It was an objective piece, extrapolated from industry trends which influenced the projections that I made. Now, though, these projections have shattered with the... Read More
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Oscars
January 24, 2018

[The Film Blog] Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” leads 2018 Oscars with 13 nominations

The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards was announced yesterday morning in a live stream hosted by Girls Trip star Tiffany Haddish and Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis, who both revealed the nominees in 24 categories. It was a widely-followed event, judging by varying interactions on social media. Guillermo del Toro’s fish-man fairytale... Read More
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Wives on strike
January 21, 2018

The Film Blog: “Wives on Strike: The Revolution” might be funny, but It seriously deals with the social illness of domestic violence

There’s a funny scene in Omoni Oboli’s Wives on Strikes: The Revolution where Sola Sobowale, who plays the Iyaloja of the Areja Market Women Association, passionately tells her fellow aggrieved market women in an outdoor meeting to starve their husbands of sex. “No more janglova! No more up and down!” she incites the women, “We... Read More
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Youtube
January 18, 2018

[The Media Blog] How YouTube’s New Monetization Policy Will harm Small and Local Content Creators

Earlier this week, popular video platform YouTube announced a new eligibility requirement to monetize videos in an attempt to better the YouTubing community. For new and existing content creators, even advertisers, the guidelines states that channels need to have 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watch time in the past year to qualify for monetization,... Read More
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Tonto Dikeh
January 18, 2018

[The Media Blog] Why we may never see an episode of Tonto Dikeh’s upcoming reality show ‘King Tonto’

Anyone who has been closely following Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh since 2017 would know that her life has been fraught with the kind of tabloid-worthy problems plugged into larger cultural conversations. From being a victim of domestic violence in her marriage to ex-husband Olakunle Churchill to being reported to have been a perpetrator, we have... Read More
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David, Oyelowo
January 15, 2018

[The Media Blog] David Oyelowo to star in Les Misérables miniseries

David Oyelowo will star in BBC One’s upcoming six-part miniseries of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, along with Golden Globe nominee and theatre veteran Dominic West. Andrew Davies’ non-musical adaptation of Hugo’s novel will feature West as Jean Valjean with Oyelowo as Javert. Tom Shankland will direct the multi-part event that will begin shooting in February... Read More
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Kiss Daniel, Yeba
January 14, 2018

[The Music Blog] Kiss Daniel’s explanation of “Yeba” still burdens women with the responsibility to speak against sexual misconduct

With the calamitous downfall of Harvey Weinstein and his ilk, and the springing up of the #MeToo movement and Time’s Up, we are currently living in a critical moment of culture. More than anything, I think it’s a wonderful time to be alive, even for Nigeria’s entertainment industry as we now feel emboldened to filter... Read More
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Ojinika
January 13, 2018

[The Media Blog] These pictures of Ojinika Obiekwe interviewing DJ Jimmy Jatt are the stuff dreams are made of

You may not have heard of Nigerian-born and Emmy award winning journalist Ojinika Obiekwe and that’s fine. I have also not heard of Jon Snow, the fictional character in HBO’s Game of Thrones but now I do. As an anchor and lifestyle correspondent for PIX11 News in New York, Obiekwe has interviewed top-tier celebrities, politicians... Read More
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