In 2014, the world gave the Chibok girls a hashtag. In 2026, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker…
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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.
Nollywood legends and a hip-hop star have united for one of Nigeria’s most ambitious animated…
Kenyan-American writer Mukoma wa Ngugi and Nigerian screen legend Joke Silva will headline the ninth…
A new Pan-African distribution initiative, Screen Connect, is set to bridge cinematic gaps across the…
He mentioned receiving numerous calls from concerned people worldwide and described the situation as annoying and distressing for the family. Betty Irabor, Genevieve Magazine publisher and a close friend of Joke Jacobs, the actor’s wife, also debunked the news. She tweeted, “Olu Jacob is well and alive. Please ignore all rumours of his passing. He is alive, please.”
The chaotic opening sequence, with its rapid cuts and visceral brutality, contrasts with the more measured pace of the flashbacks, creating a rhythm that mirrors Funmilayo’s calm life and turbulent activism.
Lagos Fringe, Africa’s biggest open-access multidisciplinary arts festival, which is celebrating five years, opens on…
At the Lagos Fringe Festival, which celebrates five this year, industry heavyweights including Olu Jacobs,…
As preparations are in top gear for the 80th birthday celebration of legendary Nigerian actor,…
Ike Ude’s portrait of Nollywood’s actors, actresses and directors is currently showing at the Smithsonian…
I wrote my first novel, The Abyssinian Boy, when I was 18 years old, and…