Movie Review: Behind the Scenes
June 2, 2026 .
Netflix, Nollywood
Behind the Scenes is a deeply relatable family story, one that mirrors situations many people have either lived through or witness...
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Top reviews and blog posts
July 20, 2025 .
Lists
Things Fall Apart is for the colonizers as well as the colonized, helping to understand the role of colonialism in the realization...
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November 27, 2024 .
africanliterature, Romance
A Very Gidi Christmas is a feel-good romance written just in time for the festive season and is bound to leave readers’ insi...
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July 20, 2025 .
Essays, Opinions
African literature embraces inclusivity, harnessing words as a medium to impart wisdom, preserve truths, and honor ancestral strug...
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March 23, 2023 .
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Parents must be physically and emotionally present in their children’s lives, keep an eye on them and not neglect them ...
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December 11, 2024 .
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In Broken, Fatima Bala didn’t create perfect characters but they were perfect in the way they lived their lives.
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November 21, 2024 .
akefestival, nnediokorafor
Nnedi Okorafor found the calling to be a writer of the spectacular and the fantastic after she wrote her first ever story in the p...
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Excerpts, interviews, releases and events
June 2, 2026 .
Netflix, Nollywood
Behind the Scenes is a deeply relatable family story, one that mirrors situations many people have either lived through or witness...
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May 26, 2026 .
Nollywood, Opinions
Beyond the glamour, laughter, lessons, and comedy, Nollywood also showcases serious issues plaguing society.
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May 20, 2026 .
Nollywood, Opinions
The arrival of streaming platforms, first local players like IROKO TV, then global giants like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Sh...
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May 20, 2026 .
Movie Reviews, Nollywood
Production-wise, the movie delivers what it needs to. It relies heavily on its story, and that is where its strength lies. ...
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May 18, 2026 .
African Literature, Nollywood, Opinions
Most characters that engage in money rituals are not born evil. They are pushed by their situation.
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March 30, 2026 .
Nollywood
This situation is more than just a snub at a movie premiere. It reflects the realities of Nollywood at the highest level, where su...
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March 9, 2026 .
Nollywood, Reviews
Overall, Enoch was a well-researched, thoughtfully produced biopic that brought history to life with care and respect.
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February 19, 2026 .
Netflix, Nollywood
Right now, Aníkúlápó: The Ghoul Awakens feels less like a complete chapter and more like a long, uneven bridge between two stronge...
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Read essays, deep critiques, and analyses of African art, dynamics, ideology, and philosophy.
June 23, 2026 .
African Literature, Reviews
The title itself is a plea, a lamentation, a bucket of memories tired of the cycle. A question. An anger. An act of giving up and ...
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June 4, 2026 .
African Literature, Book review
The Parlour Wife is short and you could finish it in an afternoon. The writing is also easy to read and unpretentious.
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May 26, 2026 .
African Literature, Book review, Family Trauma
Plot-wise, it was well thought out. No unnecessary gaps, the central theme was clear from the jump. Oyinkan builds tension steadil...
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May 21, 2026 .
African Literature, Book review
For a collection of short stories, Niq Mhlongo manages to give his characters depth in a few pages/sentences.
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May 22, 2026 .
African Literature, Excerpt
Itohan had travelled to Juk to retrieve Ebuka’s badly mangled body and returned it to his old parents in their village in Imo Stat...
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November 19, 2025 .
African Literature, Excerpt
A Meal Is a Meal is a journey into the surprising and the bizarre, as well as the tantalising and the delicious.
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