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Kayode Is Bringing Fuji and Apala Into Trap Music

After sampling King Saheed Osupa and Haruna Ishola, the Lagos-based artiste and producer is expanding the sound across “Aimoye,” “Iṣẹ Oluwa” and “Bere Mole” while preparing a new mixtape.

BY Abioye Damilare Samson

Kayode photographed in Lagos during a period when his music has increasingly drawn from the Fuji and Yoruba sounds he heard growing up alongside contemporary trap and Afrobeats.
Nduka Ebube Dike, writer of Dear Dija, his first produced screenplay, which draws from his childhood in Aba.

Nduka Ebube Dike Brings Childhood, Nollywood and Young Love Into “Dear Dija”

The Lagos-based copywriter and creative director drew from his childhood in Aba to write Dear Dija, a short film about two teenagers who fall in love across a balcony while bonding over Nollywood films.

BY Ikenna Churchill

Richard Bamgbaiye during the period following his debut in Aljana, where he played Timothy, a child navigating trauma and the experience of being misunderstood.

After “Aljana,” Richard Bamgbaiye Wants the Next Challenge

The teen actor talks about finding Timothy, winning Best Male Actor at AFRIFF and returning to everyday life after his debut brought him into the spotlight.

BY Oluwatomiwa Ogunniyi

Fave, Nigerian singer-songwriter and creator of her third EP RNBLING, photographed with long platinum blonde hair in a red T-shirt.

Fave on “RNBLING” and the Freedom to Be Herself

On her third EP, the Nigerian singer-songwriter arrives more settled and self-assured than ever before, speaking exclusively to TNR about creative independence, womanhood in Afropop, and why authenticity is something an artiste protects rather than performs.

BY Abioye Damilare Samson

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Miwa Olorunfemi portrays Zirachi in Flowers for Zirachi, a film about human trafficking and survival.

Miwa Olorunfemi on Building a Film Business on YouTube

In an exclusive interview with The Nollywood Reporter, Olorunfemi opens up about the inspiration behind her latest film, Flowers For Zirachi, the challenges and rewards of wearing both the producer and actress hats, and why she treats her YouTube channel like a business

BY Oluwatomiwa Ogunniyi

Lucy Oigbochie is a Nigerian producer whose works cuts across films, music videos and creative content that tell bold, unconventional and authentic African stories.

“Every Story Deserves to Be Heard”: Lucy Oigbochie on “Èbùn” and Representation

Lucy ‘Abena’ Oigbochie Nollywood filmmaker and producer, speaks with The Nollywood Reporter (TNR) on Èbùn, her passion for unconventional and underrepresented stories and the legacy she is building with her production label, Abena Productions.

BY Esther Kalu

Nigerian artiste Solana in a striking close-up, wearing a leopard-print bucket hat and green-yellow patterned top, hand on chin, showcasing her bold fashion and the genre-defying spirit of her Yorupop sound.

Solana Is Making Music on Her Own Terms

In an exclusive interview with TNR, Nigerian artiste Solana reflects on the making of “Okunkun,” the origins of the Yorupop conversation, her collaboration with Killertunes, and the forthcoming EP that expands the world she has started to build.

BY Abioye Damilare Samson

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