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A Brief History of the Visual Language of Sex in Cinema | Afrocritik
A Brief History on the Visual Language of Sex in Cinema

Films like Scores to Settle and Highway to the Grave were pretty much erotic thrillers…

Opinion: Why Calling Don Jazzy an Influencer is an Erasure of His Impact on Afrobeats’ Global Dominance

If there were ever a book written chronicling the globalisation of Afrobeats, Don Jazzy would…

In the Wake of Ojo Taiye’s Sneaky Poetry, How Should Plagiarism in the Nigerian Literary Community Be Addressed?

What we will realise immediately is that the nature of the act of plagiarism itself…

Artificial Intelligence, Neocolonialism, and the Politics of the English Language - Afrocritik
Artificial Intelligence, Neocolonialism, and the Politics of the English Language

[AI] has the advantage of even making us better readers now that there is this…

Emeka Nwokedi: A Classical Music Conductor of International Repute

Nwokedi’s interest in music stems from his upbringing in the Anglican Church. In his early…

Cinema - Is This the Age of Nollywood at Domestic Box Office - Afrocritik
Is This the Age of Nollywood at Domestic Box Office?

Despite the success of films like A Tribe Called Judah, Battle on Buka Street and…

Africanfuturism Anthology - Afrocritik
Africanfuturism:  A Literary Plane of Infinite Possibilities for Africa’s Future

The philosophy behind Africanfuturism awakens that tendency to think, to ruminate over the portends of…

Nollywood and the Evolution of the Sacred Feminine - Mami Wata - Afrocritik
Nollywood and the Evolution of the Sacred Feminine

There is a sense, thus, in which God may be perceived as the ultimate metaphysical…

The Power of Protest: When Challenging Bad Governance is Justified

It is reasonable to assume that as humans continue to be dissatisfied with their unique…

BK Arena - Rwanda - Afrocritik
Will Rwanda Become the New Hub for Arts and Entertainment in East Africa?

In recent times, one of the Rwandan government’s main undertakings has been on the tourism…