Category: The Media Blog
Obituary: Sound Sultan defined the sound for a new generation, here’s why he lives forever
Afrobeats to the world!It is easy to scream that now that Nigerian pop music is making inroads in even the ...
Ailey, The Novice, The Legend of the Underground…The 20 Best Films at the 2021 Tribeca Festival
The just-concluded 20th Tribeca festival which ran from the 9th to 20th June offered signs of the industry, culture and ...
#Tribeca2021 Review: Mission: Joy- Finding Happiness in Troubled Times
In 2015, two of the most pious men on the planet, the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet and Archbishop ...
Film Review: Joy, pain, defiance in HBO’s The Legend of the Underground
The infamous Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act signed into law in 2014 revealed the cowardice of the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency. ...
Nollywood movies coming to Netflix this July
One of the surprising things that happened this June was Netflix picking up Kingsley Ogoro’s Osuofia in London, the classic ...
Meet the cast of Netflix’s South African dance series ‘Jiva’
Netflix’s much-awaited South African street dance series Jiva premiered yesterday, consolidating on the slew of South African content on the ...
What you need to know about Netflix’s first African reality series ‘Young, Famous & African’
Netflix has been strengthening its foothold in the African market since the streamer announced back in 2018 that it was ...
The dance moves you should expect to see on Netflix’s South African series ‘Jiva’
Jiva — Netflix’s highly anticipated fifth original series out of Africa — is almost here. Announced for the first time ...
Disney is releasing an African animated series ‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’ in 2022
In the last of couple of years, Disney as a media behemoth has been consolidating on efforts towards expanding its ...
‘Charge and Bail’, ‘Superstar’ – here’s the 2021 movie slate from Inkblot Productions
Following a blockbuster 2020 which saw the releases of Who’s The Boss, Quam’s Money and D.O.D – Day of Destiny, ...
Kunle Afolayan’s upcoming film ‘Tenants of the House’ is about the herdsmen-farmer conflict
The last time we heard about Kunle Afolayan, he was in a chat with Ben Amadasun of Netflix Africa, announcing ...
The Netflix trailer for South African dance show JIVA! is here
Netflix has dropped the official trailer for the streaming platform’s latest local original series, JIVA!, about a vibrant dancer, Ntombi ...
These Nollywood movies are coming to Netflix this June
As always, Netflix is offering a new slate of Nollywood content this June, picking up old titles as well as ...
Can horror comedies in Nollywood explode with ‘My Village People’?
It has since been established that Nollywood isn’t actively in the business of making horror films. 90’s Nollywood horror nostalgia ...
Charles Okpaleke is making a film based on the 1993 Nigerian airplane hijack
So far, Charles Okpaleke‘s footprint in Nollywood has shown that Nigeria is a grapevine of stories and he’s committed to ...
Here’s the first teaser of South Africa’s street-dance show ‘JIVA!’ coming to Netflix
The highly anticipated South African original, JIVA! is set to arrive on Netflix on June 24th 2021. The show follows ...
‘I Am Laycon’ reveals Laycon’s life after BBNaija + BBNaija Reunion show update
Organizers of the biggest reality TV show, BBNaija, have unveiled plans to host another edition of the BBNaija Reunion show ...
This week in Nollywood: Aki na Ukwa remake, Indian remake of Elevator Baby and more
This is Nollywood’s second year in the devastating coronavirus pandemic, and although things aren’t as bleak as they once were, ...
Rogers Ofime’s supernatural horror series ‘The Mystic River’ is coming to Netflix
Despite Netflix’s Nollywood programming bloating with new additions and titles, the horror genre has been ignored. It’s a reflection of ...
These books by Chinua Achebe are being adapted for television
Last year saw Netflix inking a deal with Mo Abudu to adapt the literary works of Lola Shonenyin’s The Secret ...
Watch the trailer for animated short film ‘Light Strands’
Nigeria’s animation industry might not be as prolific as Nollywood, but it is making slow progress. After the release of ...
This HBO doc celebrating queerness in Nigeria is heading to the Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival has returned for 2021. Cancelled last year due to coronavirus pandemic, the festival this year has ...
Watch the trailer for Netflix’s ‘I Am All Girls’
As it is, South Africa is leading in the race of the African country with the most – and importantly, ...
The trailer for David Oyelowo’s directorial debut ‘The Water Man’ is here
David Oyelowo’s directorial debut The Water Man was first announced last year, according to Hollywood Reporter, and has the Selma star scoring himself ...
‘Eyimofe’ has been selected for the 50th anniversary of New Directors/New Films
After an impressive film festival run last year – Berlinale, London Film Festival, Torino International Film Festival – and also ...
Netflix is paying tribute to Chadwick Boseman in a new special
2020 saw the departure of Chadwick Boseman and even till now, the entertainment world and ordinary people at large are ...
Love Island South Africa: Which couple will win in tonight’s finale?
Who will walk away with the prize money of 1 million rand?
Is Nollywood getting better or worse? These unpopular opinions on Twitter have the answers
Is Nollywood getting better or worse? The answer could lie in the Nollywood era one grew up in. While 90’s ...
Filmhouse yanking ‘La Femme Anjola’ shows that Nollywood needs more cinemas
La Femme Anjola director Mildred Okwo in a tweet is unhappy with Filmhouse Cinemas for yanking off her film from ...
Love Island South Africa recap: Tats dumped, blindsided by Tania not choosing him
Picking up from last week where a surprise new girl got into the Villa, twerked and lap-danced during the sexy-teasing ...