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Femi Kuti: “I am Not Fela. I Don’t Even Want to be Fela.”
Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti discusses his new album Journey Through Life, his turbulent US-Canada tour, and life beyond his father’s shadow.
BY Abioye Damilare Samson
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Tosin Igho: “There’s Actually a Mathematical Way to Filmmaking.”
He is the son of the enigmatic Peter Igho, but the latter isn’t stealing his shine as the younger Igho defines his path aiming for the shattered door.
BY Aoiri Obaigbo
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Fred Amata: “Nollywood filmmakers should use the art they express to tell the true story of who we really are in Africa.”
A journey through Nollywood’s Creative Landscape is incomplete without the narrative of this multifaceted talent, whose latest work is “Voltage.”
BY Aoiri Obaigbo
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Mara Derwent-Ashton: “People Being Open to Being Wrong is Good Practice.”
You know her as Samantha in “Osuofia in London,” Osuofia’s devious but delicate British ‘wife.’
BY Jamin Ohwovoriole
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Bolanle Austen-Peters: “Films Can Inspire Audiences to Advocate for Equality and Justice.”
Celebrated Nigerian filmmaker reveals the inspiration and process behind the Nollywood’s acclaimed homage to feminist pioneer Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti.
BY Fareedat Taofeeq
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Sunday Ododo: “Live performance sustains history; it sustains culture.”
Sunny Ododo is a distinguished playwright, and professor of performance technology and the immediate past General Manager of the National Arts Theatre of Nigeria.
BY Aoiri Obaigbo
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Joshua Ojo Shares Insights on Upcoming Wole Soyinka Biopic
The Nigerian filmmaker opens up about the challenges, creative process behind depicting literary icon’s life on screen.
BY Fareedat Taofeeq
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Dibakar Das Roy on “Dilli Dark”: “I wanted to show the cyclical nature of history … the cyclical nature of societal biases.”
“Dilli Dark,” a cross-cultural film, examines the intricacies of being an outsider in India through the eyes of a Nigerian immigrant, while highlighting societal prejudices and bringing to light a history that has been forgotten.
BY Fareedat Taofeeq
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Peter Igho: Legend in Nigerian Television History
“Cock Crow at Dawn” was iconic, and it brought a fresh breath to television in Nigeria. Here is the visionary leader who gave life to the idea.
BY Aoiri Obaigbo
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