Toni Kan

Toni Kan is the award winning author of The Carnivorous City, Nights of the Creaking Bed, Songs of Absence and Despair, Ballad of Rage and When a Dream Lingers Too longer as well as 7 biographies. Fondly refered to as the Mayor of Lagos, he is co-founder of thelagosreview.ng

“The Boy Who Gave” by Allison Precious Emmanuel Understands Sacrifice But Not the System That Demands It – Joseph Jonathan

The wearing of so many creative hats (a legitimate feat for a debut) also produces the film’s most visible seam. There is a tension between Emmanuel, the director, who wants to make something formally ambitious, and Emmanuel the subject, who wants to be fully seen. That tension is never quite resolved, and the film’s bloated runtime reflects it: a story that would benefit from a ruthless external edit, that mistakes length for emotional weight and repetition for depth.