Between Nigerian Literature and NollywoodBy Ebereonwu
Published: September 1, 2006
Print Nigerian literature is a major force in Africa, with a Nobel prize in the kitty, it means that Nigerian literature has gained world recognition. But, the force of Nigerian literature pales significantly when compared to that of the Movie industry...
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Nigerian movies, the public and FOI billBy Lugard Onoyemu
Published: August 1, 2006
Print When I attended a workshop on the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill for professional groups and associations, I discovered that this all-important bill has been presented four times in the National Assembly without success...
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Nigerian Movies: Adaptation or Echolalia?By MajiriOghene Bob
Published: April 26, 2006
Print You may not be able to imagine the frustration we feel sometimes at being bandied about as the third biggest or largest movie industry in the world and yet have a plethora of movies that will hardly justify this tag...
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To the movie: Everything good will comeBy Hyginus Ekwuazi
Published: February 19, 2006
Print Literature, like film, can be moved to that end of the social engagement spectrum where it can be used as ‘a medium for dictating the views and prescriptions of the dominant class; legitimising the system and controlling people’s participation in it...
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Nollywood as the story of NigeriaBy Dianam Dakolo
Published: December 16, 2005
Print Nigeria is Nollywood and Nollywood is Nigeria! It is the story of a people who dream dreams shaped by material reality elsewhere - in fancied societies. They identify and lift for adoption features of better organised and sophisticated societies, but stop short of the effort to make those things real in their own societies...
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The Film Fund Issue: Film Corporation SpeaksBy Emma Okezie
Published: September 23, 2005
Print For the avoidance of doubt, the film fund, when finally in place, will be run totally as a commercial venture. It will be a polling of funds from government, stakeholders and corporate Nigeria. Subscribers to the Fund will determine its management structure, not the government.
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