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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

Tosin Igho

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

Fred Amata

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

Mara Derwent-Ashton

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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Richard Ogunderu: The Legend and the Man Whose Actions Informed Okpaleke’s ‘Hijack 93’

“We had zero business with any politician nor their affiliated party. Our motivation has been highly misrepresented in the media, and I feel the need to correct that,” he tells TNR.

BY Tobilola Akanni

‘Hijack ’93’ Is A Rare Retelling of Nigerian History

Charles Okpaleke’s Play Network Studios is fast asserting itself as a niche powerhouse in Nollywood.

BY Tobilola Akanni

FilmOne Entertainment Is Nollywood’s Bittersweet Tale of Triumph

The business of entertainment demands an anchor that is totally different from the strength and sensibilities of creative minds. FilmOne seems to have found equilibrium.

BY Aoiri Obaigbo

Greg Odutayo and His Royal Roots Making Giant Strides

He is a creative juggernaut with interest in multiple sectors of the creative industry in Nigeria.

BY Aoiri Obaigbo

Andy Amenechi Tells the Story of Nollywood’s Beginning

The former president of the Directors Guild of Nigeria takes readers on a journey beyond the challenges of the past into the promising future of Nigeria’s film industry.

BY Aoiri Obaigbo

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