Joseph Jonathan

Ìwé Àlà
“Ìwé Àlà: An Ojude Oba Story” Review: Adeoluwa Owu Captures the Ojude Oba Beautifully But Surrounds It With a Story That Can’t Keep Up

At two hours and six minutes, Ìwé Àlà is longer than its dramatic content can…

Nigerian democracy
14 Books for Anyone Trying to Make Sense of Nigerian Democracy

Afrocritik presents fourteen books that together form a serious reader’s guide to Nigerian democracy; its…

African films
10 African Films About Brotherhood and Male Friendship

These ten African films remind us that friendship is not merely a social luxury. It…

democracy
Can Democracy Work With a Hungry Voter?

The voters who sell their votes are selling them in a market the political class…

Jail Time Records
Tribeca Film Festival 2026: “Jail Time Records” Turns a Cameroonian Prison Into the Most Unlikely Stage in the World

Jail Time Records is visually stunning, musically extraordinary, and emotionally honest in ways that feel…

politics
Why Nigerian Politics Keeps Producing the Same Kind of Leaders

The politicians a country repeatedly elects are rarely accidental. They are often the logical outcome…

Mirrors
“Mirrors” Review: Yemi Morafa’s Two-Hander Is Undone by Its Own Screenplay

For a film built on conversation and emotional intimacy, Mirrors never quite finds the depth…

June 12
Should We Actually Celebrate June 12 As Nigeria’s Democracy Day?

If June 12 means anything, it cannot simply be that Nigerians once demanded democracy. It…

African Cinema Classics
20 African Cinema Classics That Help Us Understand the Forces Shaping Africa Today

To watch these films is not simply to revisit African cinema’s past. It is to…

EndSars
The Comment Section Republic: Where Does the Nigerian Anger Go?

Expression and accountability are not the same thing, and the architecture of every major social…