Month: February 2025

Children of Blood and Bone: The Commodification of Nollywood through the Western Gaze – Yinka Adetu

While this is not a case of Them vs Us, the concern about how the story will represent Nigeria—not just in its grand mythology but in its smaller, more intimate details—is crucial. There is a reason to believe that the portrayal of Nigerian culture in Children of Blood and Bone will be filtered more through external research than through intuitive, lived-in sensibilities.

LAMDA’s production of James Baldwin’s “The Amen Corner” interrogates Christian charity – Toni Kan

he entire cast made up of students of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art  supported by staff members and industry experts deserves applause for their interpretation of the text and their delivery, American accent and all. The stage design which collapses the three acts into one seamless whole is also deserving of commendation as does Nicholai La Barrie who directed the play.