Tag: Nollywood

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.

London turns up for Bolanle Austen-Peters at the University of Westminster – Toni Kan

In the audience were young men and women who had interned at Terra Kulture, BAP’s well-known spot in Victoria Island, Lagos in the past or benefited from her Terra Academy For The Arts (TAFTA) which states its mission as – to educate young people with relevant up-to-date technical and practical skills for the creative industry. TAFTA which is supported by the MastercCard Foundation, FCMB, Jobberman and more has just announced its 9th cohort and has at the last count trained over 23,000 students who have benefitted from its mix of in-person and online classes.

Ramsey Nouah’s Tòkunbò is like a two-headed snake – Carl Terver

Tòkunbò is written as a thriller and action movie. Ramsey Nouah’s ambitions as director are not very grand. It is a trite storyline of the regular Omo Eko, whose creed is to simply make it to see another day, but then struck by  misfortune, in Tòkunbò’s case, his son’s heart disease, as he faces a dilemma from which finding a way out becomes a double-edged sword that leads to crime.