Here’s your first look at the animated adaptation of Cyprian Ekwensi’s ‘The Passport of Mallam Ilia’

Last year, Komotion Studios unleashed Dawn of Thunder, an animated short film that explores the story of the Yoruba god of thunder Sango. The 3D film is arguably the most culturally visible animated work till date and still bears the promise of a web series or feature-length movie. Telling African stories subsumed by history can be... Read More

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Cyprian Ekwensi, Magic carpet studios, the Passport of Mallam Ilia

April 10, 2018

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We are bracing ourselves for the animated adaptation of Cyprian Ekwensi’s “Passport of Mallam Ilia”

The good guys at animation company Magic Carpet Studios have acquired the full rights from HEBN PLC publishers to make an animated feature film adaptation of Cyprian Ekwensi’s classic novel The Passport of Mallam Ilia. And I’m excited. Excited. EXCITED. Because this move consolidates on efforts in telling authentic African stories, especially through the animation... Read More

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Cyprian Ekwensi, Magic carpet studios, the Passport of Mallam Ilia

March 28, 2013

The un-tribute: Achebe was an Igbophile, not the father of African literature

by Ibrahim Bello-Kano Indeed, we cannot help wondering if the recent insensate massacre of Chinua’s people in Kano, only a few days ago, hastened the fatal undermining of that resilient will that had sustained him so many years after his crippling accident. —Wole Soyinka and J. P. Clark. “Chinua Achebe Death: We Have Lost... Read More

‘There Was a Country’, achebe, amos tutola, biafra, Cyprian Ekwensi, igbophile, things fall apart

March 23, 2013

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Dele Momodu: As the world mourns Chinua Achebe

by Dele Momodu “It is a sad day for the world of Literature as one of its greatest icons, Prof Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, joins his ancestors…” This reflected the sobriety that engulfed the world as the news spread across like bush fire in harmattan. Fellow Nigerians, let me join you and countless others across the... Read More

December 12, 2012

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There is a difference between fighting the gov’t and fighting the nation – Wole Soyinka

Noble Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that corruption was being used as a unifying factor in Nigeria as it had eaten deep in all sections of the country with no restriction. Soyinka stated this yesterday while speaking at the Second Muazu Babangida Aliyu Annual National Literary Colloquium at Justice Legbo Kutigi Conference Centre, Minna.... Read More

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