Veteran Nollywood actor and singer, Zulu Adigwe, is dead. Adigwe earned fame for his paternal roles in Nollywood movies as Mr. B in the sitcom ‘Basi and Company,’ and most recently featured in the 2019 blockbuster ‘Living in Bondage’ and…
Nollywood as handshake across the Niger – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigerian politicians always talk of the need for a handshake across the Niger. The politicos have from the First Republic been talking of forging an alliance between East and West toward the greater growth of Nigeria. Thus far it has…
Iké Udé’s Africa Magic and the Idealization of Nollywood – Toni Kan
Every age has its chronicles, every era its historians. Sometimes, what they capture is history told in a hurry, with events and defining moments captured in the gush. Sometimes it is introspection, with the passage of time, providing both perspective…
Wait, do you know how Nollywood was born? – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The other name for Nigeria is Nollywood. Scoff at it, laugh off the phenomenon, but there’s no denying Nollywood as the alter ego of Nigeria in the eyes of an astounded world. The Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles,…