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The Making of a Nollywood Magician

Hey, Larry! Oga mi! Why you come tanda for door? Come in and sit down now!Yes, I will sit down. But don’t tell me the
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Ty Rawls: Discovering The Africa In Nigerian Movies

Most of us never come in contact with the folks who edit Nigerian and African movies. Yes, the Editor. Who, did you say? Well, in ...
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Nollywood: To God Be The Glory

I am contributing this piece partly in response to the recent hues and cries on the growing emergence of Nigeria movie! Sorry home video industry ...
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It is difficult to ignore Nollywood - Onookome Okome

In the last couple of weeks, Vanguard’s Arts has been running series of interviews on scholars on the Nigerian Nollywood. This effort is in line ...
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Nigeria: film making in Nollywood

More4 Newsreports on the first ever professional film studio in Nigeria is vast, a sign of a booming industry known as Nollywood, with Nigeria the film production powerhouse of Africa....
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25 Things Nollywood Has Taught Us

1. Every problem you have is spiritual.2. In every romance movie, someone must die.3. It is possible to hit a person without actually touching them!4. ...
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As The Plot Thickens In Those Nigerian Home Movies!

In the last few weeks, especially, during the holiday months of December andJanuary, I was able to take off some time from my hectic professional ...
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How Did Nigerians Miss Out On The Billions?

I was one of those who answered the call put forth by the Youth League in my city of residence to be a "big brother" ...
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Censorship and Big Brother Africa

In 1972 a poet named Stephen Spender formed a magazine called Index of Censorship with the sole aim of protecting the basic human right of ...
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How AIT And Dokpesi Can Help Change "Demoncrazy" In Nigeria

September 20 was a great day for Nigeria in New York. That was the day the President of the Republic formally launched the A.I.T's global ...
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Who Wants To Be A Nigerian Movie Star?

How can I get into Nigerian movies? That just may be the one question I have received here so many times, it's driving me around ...
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Intellectualizing Hausa Home Video

It is common knowledge that there is a general apprehension among parents about the possible negative influences of Hausa home video, a phenomenon that is ...
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2003a.d.: A Year In The Nigerian Movie Industry

2003! That was the year! And now that it is history, perhaps it is high time we looked at the highlights that made the year ...
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The Other Nollywood

You’ve heard now?Heard what?Tunde Kelani is back from New York. He was there for an International Film FestivalSo? That’s stale news.What do you mean ‘so’? ...
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Nollywood Finally Gets Hooked

The film ‘Across The Niger’, the sequel to ‘The Battle Of Love’, is probably the first ‘Nollywood’ production in which the Federal Govt of Nigeria ...
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The Newcomer’s Guide To Making A Nollywood Movie

Nollywood is no doubt a multimillion-dollar industry, whatever reservations anyone may have about its output. (Quality, I believe, is in the eye of the beholder). ...
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Africa's Challenge to Hollywood Dominance

Most people in the Western world have formed their idea of Africa from the movies. For decades, Hollywood portrayed white people in exotic settings: Johnny ...
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'The Return' - The Film That Will Not Die

'The Return' recently won eleven awards at the recent Nigerian 'Reel Movie Awards'. It was also critically acclaimed at the February 2004 Berlin Film Festival.But ...
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