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Nollywood movie ‘Safari’ emerged as the top winner, receiving the Golden Jury Award (Overall Best Film) at the 22nd edition of the Abuja International Film Festival. The News Agency of Nigeria reports ...

The Zambian government has indicated interest in understudying the operation of the National Values charter, the cornerstone of the proposed Nigerian Identity Project which was earlier approved by the ...

This story is featured in the March/April 2025 issue of ESSENCE. In 2017, sisters Tochi and Ebele ­Anueyiagu shared a single image on their new Instagram account: a still of Nigerian film and beauty ...

Solomon Waliaula received funding from the International European Research Council as a contributor to the book Contemporary African Screen Worlds: Decolonizing Film and Screen Studies (2019-2025).

Whether you're in the mood for romance, drama, crime, or historical storytelling, Prime Video still offers some of Nollywood’s finest films. In a surprising turn of events, news broke a few months ago ...

Nollywood, the Nigerian film industry, has long been celebrated for its drama and comedy. But once upon a time, horror movies were constantly being churned out, and beyond the surface of horrible CGI ...

As 2024 draws to a close, Nollywood celebrates a landmark year filled with compelling narratives, stellar performances, and unprecedented box office success. Movies like A Tribe Called Judah, which ...

The distinctive makeup of early-aughts Nigerian movies is coming back — and so is the daring attitude of the women who wore it. By Houreidja Tall In the early 2000s, the femme fatales of Nollywood ...

December 2024 promises to be exciting, with the impending release of star-studded Nollywood movies in the cinemas. In December 2016, The Wedding Party was released. It went on to become the highest ...

You can watch these every day. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As if we'd ever get bored of watching Clueless. There are so many ...

Nollywood, Nigeria’s vibrant film industry, is setting its sights on achieving global recognition akin to the meteoric rise of Afrobeats. As the third-largest film industry in the world by number of ...