Features and Essays

Sef Adeola
An Artist of the Times: A Retrospective Review of Sef Adeola

Sef Adeola taps into a tradition well-honed and long maintained, leaving the viewer with no…

KFCB
KFCB’s Notice and The Problem With The Film and Stage Plays Act

In Kenya, where press freedom is delicate, often contingent on political and economic conditions, the…

South Sudan
Why the Crisis in South Sudan Does Not Need Another “Peace Agreement”

South Sudan should redirect peace investment from national elite bargains to community-led processes. By Jack…

beguiling beauty
Beguiling Beauty

What appears beautiful within one communal framework may overwhelm, confuse, or even repel another—not because…

spirituality
Nollywood and African Spirituality: The Demonisation of a Continent’s Tradition

The problem with Nollywood was never that it showed the difficult dimensions of traditional practice.…

piracy
The Ethics of Knowledge and the Difficult Conversation Around Book Piracy in Africa

Is piracy justified or unjustified? Is piracy good or bad in a continent like Africa?…

visa denials
How Visa Denials Are Costing African Film Professionals More Than Just a Trip

Visa denials for African film professionals is not a bureaucratic inconvenience sitting at the edge…

east africa
The Long Retreat of East African Conscious Music

At a moment when politics presses hardest on daily East African life, the music that…

Christopher Okigbo
Thinking Through Christopher Okigbo’s Words

Christopher Okigbo was likewise a remarkable conversationalist. [In his interviews], he gave precise answers that…

movie stars
Why Nollywood Has Stars but No Movie Stars

The question is not whether Nollywood can build a star system. It’s whether it wants…