One Gidi Night finds its rhythm when Lagos, the clock and its characters’ desperation converge, but loses its grip when its screenplay leaves some decisions..

Unwanted is a chronicle of the will to leave and live by a young man with a voice, who feels his own country’s ostracism by design. This poetry, as ...

The programme begins on Thursday, 1st October, with a welcome reception, an opening film screening and a conversation with filmmakers, before transitioning into an evening of music and social ...

As 2025 draws to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on the year’s literary events in the short fiction genre—or, perhaps, the lack thereof. Fiction was published widely, yes, yet it feels as though ...

Across generations, these films have returned to the same core questions: Who are we? What do we believe? How do our beliefs and traditions shape the future we build? Across generations, these films ...

The Caine Prize for African Writing, the most prestigious award for African short stories, has returned in 2026 with a remarkable shortlist of five stories after what might be called a hiatus last ...

Few artistes have shaped the modern Ghanaian pop landscape of the late 2010s and early 2020s quite like Kuami Eugene. Born Eugene Kwame Marfo in Oda in Ghana’s Eastern Region, the singer, songwriter, ...

Rap is one of the staples of African music, and Ladipoe (real name Ladipo Eso) has long been one of its shining lights. His talent has never been in question. The moment one hears his signature catch ...

A Rii Set stands as an enjoyable and remarkably well-rounded listening experience [that] mirrors Pheelz himself: dynamic, adaptable, and constantly refusing to be boxed into a single role. Pheelz ...

As we have seen, everything about Nigeria today indicates that it is ripe for revolution. But revolution needs energy, belief, and anger, not inertia and inaction. It is more or less a cliché to ...

Son of Elvis is a powerful introduction to an artiste with a remarkably broad and expressive artistic vocabulary, while for existing fans, it feels like a fitting continuation of his journey, offering ...

“I hope that more film festivals start to see the fullness of the African experience. This is because African cinema can be joy, it can be love, it can be happiness, it can be all those things.” – ...