Month: September 2025

Ike Ude’s Visual Chronicle of Nollywood – Toni Kan

In contemplating the works of these other portrait photographers one notices, almost immediately, the constant focus on the subject, especially the face or in the case of nudes, the body, as the object of the shoot but there is a sharp shift in portraits by Ike Ude which are, as earlier mentioned, usually full length and defined by a quirky dandification, an almost colouring in of the subject into his background something Ike Ude has explained as coming from his past as a painter.

The City as Villain: Lagos in the imagination of Nollywood – Joseph Jonathan

Lagos, more than any other space in Nollywood, crystallises the contradictions of Nigeria itself. The city promises opportunity yet metes out hardship with the same intensity; it dazzles with its excess while suffocating with its scarcity. To enter Lagos on-screen is to be confronted with the paradoxes that define the nation = ambition and corruption, resilience and fatigue, spectacle and decay.

Celebrating 25 Years of the Caine Prize: A Legacy of African Literary Excellence

The Best of Caine Award is an honorary accolade recognising the most outstanding winning story from the Prize’s rich 25-year history. This year’s judging panel brings together literary and creative heavyweights: Nobel Laureate Prof. Abdulrazak Gurnah, celebrated Ugandan author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, and acclaimed Ghanaian film producer Tony Tagoe