It’s no news that Imo State is the most divided place in Nigeria, politically. This is more so, because there are only two lucrative businesses in there: politics and hotel. Every energy is expended on who goes into the corridors…
Time to enthusiastically celebrate Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o‘s legacy – Onyeka Nwelue
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. The name itself is magical. Peculiar tone markers, an apostrophe in an unusual place, distinct from where you’d find it in those Irish names that users and observers of the English language worldwide are accustomed to –…
Does Nigeria need a film city? – Onyeka Nwelue
I wrapped up shoot for my new film, Other Side of History, recently. It is set between 1954 and 1960. It is a biopic of Emeka Ojukwu, son of Sir Louis Ojukwu, who was the richest man in Igbo land.…
Nigerians only rise up when it affects them – Onyeka Nwelue
Last week, the LGBTQIA+ community in Nigeria, joined the #EndSARS protests, carrying placards and demanding that police not assault them. Predictably, Nigerians rose up quickly and voiced their disdain. Nigerians said: “This is not the right time to bring this…
When army men attacked me in Abuja – Onyeka Nwelue
This is a rehash of a column I published on OlisaTV in 2017, when I was the punching bag of the Nigerian military men. I have declined to comment on #EndSARS trend because when I was brutalised, young Nigerians said…
TKinzy releases video to Onyeka Nwelue directed “Me & You”
Johannesburg-based Nigerian pop sensation, TKinzy has released the video to his newest offering, ‘Me & You’, directed by Onyeka Nwelue. Produced by Dr Jazz, ‘Me & You’, which tells the story of superficiality between generations of Africans, is off from…
Onyeka Nwelue celebrates Orlando Julius at 77
Onyeka Nwelue is today celebrating Orlando Julius because it is not only the music legend’s birthday but also good day. Born on 22 September in 1943 in Ilesa, Nigeria Orlando Julius performs classic Afrobeat with a psychedelic edge, constantly pushing…
Thunder strikes 86 times in celebration of Wole Soyinka – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Even the elements are not left out: Lightning! Thunder! They all celebrate Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka, that is, Wole Soyinka for short. Wole Soyinka threw a party for my class on graduation, declaring us the most challenging students he had ever…
7 “films” why you must not miss Lights Camera Africa 2018
We are three short and interesting days away from the 2018 edition of Lights, Camera Africa film festival and if you are still in a comme ci, comme ca mood, here are films that provide ample reason why you CANNOT…
In ‘Agwaetiti Obiuto’ Onyeka Nwelu unpacks the Nigerian society
Onyeka Nwelue, arguably one of Nigeria’s finest public intellectuals has produced an Igbo language film, Agwaetiti Obiutu in which he unpacks layer by layer the myriad manifestations of the complicatedness and hullabaloo characterising the Nigerian society. The film is a…