Starting small with a big dream, Nollywood starlet Frances Peters sees a bright future for the Nigeria movie industry and a Nigerian Oscar winner soon. Continue ReadingStarting small with a big dream – Frances Peters The Nigeria Alternative Energy Expo 2014 will take place at the Shehu Musa Yar...
Nollywood is currently gentrifying and I have always put reality over vanity in my craft delivery. This goes beyond just being offered a huge amount of money. There are different factors to consider before accepting any role in general. I’ll love to feel a sense of meaning and purpose. You...
Along with the rise of video film, many people (Africans and non Africans), especially in Nigeria and Ghana are beginning to ask certain questions: How did the video film phenomenon which is fondly referred to as "home video", "nollywood" "naijawood"...
The Lost Okoroshi, Makama’s second feature film, (though he also has astable of hilarious short filmsand a really greatdocumentary on Nollywood, which I teach) imagines a bored security guard whose life takes a turn when his dreams of masquerades invade the world of the living. Courtney Sm...
The last time I was in Kano was briefly in 2013. It was not the same as I remembered it. Homes left behind never are. Lives move on. Friends marry, move studios, leave film for other work. But from 2008 to 2011, this place was my community. These people, my home. ...
Nollywood had turned out in its flashiest finery, lots of bright ankara cloth and dark sunglasses. Gabosky, who was wearing a hip-hop-inspired ensemble, told me he felt disrespected by the new filmmakers like Afolayan. He called them “houseboys” who had forgotten their place. “He’s ...
There’s a little Vietnamese place I love in New York. My favorite bagel shop of course is New York. Things like that. JB: You gave us something. We always talk about photography. I love food, so I wanted to see what you brought to the table. You gave the shout out to New ...
He featured in the movie “Wrong Identity” with well-known Nigerian Nollywood superstars under the production by T-Plus.Headquartered in Kololi, The Gambia, Ziza has displayed his artistry in many fashion shows including Miss Banjul in 2000/2010, Banjul Fashion Night in 2005, Miss Bakau in ...
The Feminist Institute and Planned Parenthood of Greater New York have postponed a benefit concert called Bans Off My Body that featured a reunion between Hole’s Courtney Love and Melissa Auf der Maur. “In light of current public health concerns, we are disappointed to have to postpone our ...
For example, my cosmetic company is called YOYO Lip Gloss, we geared the company for mass outlets such as Wal-Mart and needed a good amount of capital to find, test and secure factories for massive production. We also needed to have a market test to make sure customers were interested in...