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MKO
“MKO” Documentary Review: An Admissible Portrait of A Democratic Hero

MKO presents an overwhelmingly positive image of Abiola, treating him not just as a political…

Agbara Nla
“Agbara Nla: The Return” Is A Remake Driven by Faith and Nostalgia

Agbara Nla: The Return unfolds with theatrical sentimentality, its actions and characters melodramatic and larger-than-life,…

Keith Shiri
In Conversation with Keith Shiri on Curating Film Africa 2026 and the Festival’s Women-Centred Programming

“What I would like people to take away, after seeing Ben’Imana, and Lady, and Cotton…

rented fans
Rented Fans: Who Actually Owns the Data Behind African Music’s Marketing Campaigns?

The music industry talks constantly about owning masters, publishing and catalogues. It talks much less…

African story
A Question of Power: The African Story in the Age of Algorithmic Constructions

When we hold the results of technological systems as absolute, systems that were not built…

Who Gave The Order
Keeper of Memories: “Who Gave The Order” Bears Witness to the Birth of a Revolution

In Who Gave The Order (2025), Chibueze Darlington Anuonye assembles 13 Nigerian writers to bear…

John Trengove
In Conversation With South African Filmmaker John Trengove, Director of “The Smell of Apples”

“There’s this complicated relationship that I will always have with who I am and where…

AMAA 2026
AMAA 2026: “One Woman One Bra” and “Slum Bomber” Lead Nominations + Full List of Nominees

The AMAA 2026 shortlist brings together productions from across the continent and the diaspora, including…

Ṣẹwà
Who Is Ṣẹwà?

“I find my melody first, then I fill the melody with words. Sometimes I get…

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
BFI London 2026: Daniel Oriahi’s “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives” Adaptation Is Entertaining, Occasionally Sharp, and Less Brave Than Its Source

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives remains an entertaining domestic drama, enlivened by its…