Jerry Chiemeke

Amel Guellaty
“Making a Film Anywhere in Africa Is a Struggle”: In Conversation With Tunisian Filmmaker, Amel Guellaty, Director of “Where the Wind Comes From”

“Tunisia occupies both a central and marginal place in contemporary conversations about African politics and…

Onipanu
Looking For Cloudberries In Onipanu, Or When You Fall Out Of Love

What if I told you that on the night the police threw me into that…

Girls Will Be Girls - 2024 - Afrocritik
Sundance 2024: Shuchi Talati’s “Girls Will Be Girls” Is a Scintillating Coming-of-Age Debut

For Girls Will Be Girls, her first feature film, Shuchi Talati brilliantly explores the intricacies…

Kidnapping Inc - Afrocritik
Sundance 2024: Bruno Mourral’s Dark Comedy “Kidnapping Inc” Flatters to Deceive

In trying to do too much, Kidnapping Inc falls apart at the seams. The plot…

OkadaBooks closes down - Afrcoritik
The “Crash” of OkadaBooks is a Call for Nigeria to Reflect on the State of Its Art Communities

Few things underscore the importance of OkadaBooks to African literature quite like the fact that…

Lonzo Nzekwe at the 2023 TIFF - Afrocritik
“The Idea For My Film ‘Orah’ Came After My Younger Brother Was Killed By SARS Officers”: Nigerian-Canadian Filmmaker, Lonzo Nzekwe, in Conversation with Afrocritik

“As a way to channel my anger and pain due to that incident, I started…

“African Filmmakers Need To Retain Their Original Form Of Storytelling” – Akinola Davies Jr, Director Of “Lizard”

“The lizard that jumped from the high Iroko tree to the ground said he would…

#Throwback Movie Review: Moses Inwang’s “Body Language” Is Captivating, Suspense-Laden Drama

By Jerry Chiemeke Released in 2017 by the Royal Academy in collaboration with ROK Studios, Body…

Tribal Marks: Cultural Heritage, Or Plain Barbarism?

By Jerry Chiemeke “Culture is not an ice cream cone, it does not melt away…

How To Cope With Traffic In A City Like Lagos

By Jerry Chiemeke Unequal distribution of Nigeria’s natural resources means that some cities are more…