Sembene Ousmane: Tradition And An African Film MakerBy Wumi Raji
Published: January 4, 2007
Print Concerned as he is with the issue of female genital mutilation, Sembene Ousmane still makes sure not to confine himself only to it in Molaade. Rather, he transcends it in the film, turning it into an issue around which a struggle for change is waged... Read More...
Northern Film Industry: Manko And The Audio-Visual Chronicles Of Nupe HistoryBy Jibrin B. Jibrin
Published: November 19, 2006
Print Humans are dynamic and so is their society. The advent of electricity was followed by the attention-seizing television, then Video. And now internet has changed or rather outshone grandma’s folktales... Read More...
Horror And The Nigerian FilmBy Dul Johnson, Ph.D
Published: November 19, 2006
Print There is a rising argument about what constitutes the Nigerian film. Nigerian film analysts and critics are quick to ask whether one is talking about the Igbo film, the Hausa film or the Yoruba film. Or yet still, is one talking about the English film in Nigeria. The question is becoming more relevant with the rise of minority language films... Read More...
Creating a market out of the void, the Nollywood exampleBy Okoh Aihe
Published: November 19, 2006
Print The success of any movie industry derives from the expedient need for people to see their images on screen. Hollywood talks about America. Bollywood talks about Indian. The Chinese Kungfu films talk about the people. This is the reason that the attention currently being enjoyed by Nigeria’s Nollywood is not strange...
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How Video Films Developed in NigeriaBy Nosa Owens-Ibie
Published: November 15, 2006
Print In Nigeria the prohibitive cost of producing films and other economic considerations have led producers to resort to video films. This boom has caused a general drop in quality and fuelled intense competition to promote their commercial appeal. In spite of the powers conferred on it by statute, the censors' body appears unable to stem the tide of this commercialism in a way which might effectively promote the country's rich cultural heritage...
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Nollywood: Who Will Tell Our Story?By Ken Ike in ThisDay Newspaper
Published: October 30, 2006
Print Nollywood is a great prospect. Shimmering with so much potential it is yet to find its focus. That focus could be cultural renaissance, the stamping on the world stage of our laudable heritage and our contemporary uniqueness as peoples of Africa in a global world...
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