Arts & Books

Foreign donors will not permit Nollywood to tell our stories in our own way just as francophone African film has to fit within the paradigms and parameters of European film …

The Silverbird cinema illustrates the beautiful generosity of the Bruce family’s progressive interest in conquering entertainment in Nigeria after night clubbing, beauty pageantry, concerts etc…

Mr. Asiegbu, the Actors’ Guild president, should have told Obasanjo that every artistic production tries to adhere to social realism and thus until such a time that the situation in Nigeria …

By not exercising caution in your choice of stories and captions, you do your profession, the New York Times and the great majority of Americans who are ignorant of life …

Since its inception in 1995, Glendora Review is reputed to be a permanent habitation for critical discourse, polemics, tough-minded, far-reaching criticism and a site for unconventional ideas on African arts …

The book, “No to Sovereign National Conference” is, without the slightest iota of doubt, a demonstration of a deep patriotic fervor by Adebayo Adejare.  The book offers some very cogent ingredients …

Ben Okri is one of those extant writers who aim to and do rouse social consciousness, impart knowledge; one of those writers whose work is of cosmic proportion…

Halle Berry…She can wear my father’s farm clothes and still look astonishing…If your wife or girlfriend caught you cheating with her in Colorado, she will give you a medal of …

There is a danger to argue that the message of a movie does not really matter if the movie is a fiction. True fiction is based on some reality. The …

From the rural south, Ray Charles conquered the stigma of blindness, racism, drugs and an insatiable thirst for female companionship to become the father of modern soul music…

Foluke was alone in the family’s sparsely furnished parlor this afternoon. This was the day the doctor had projected for the expulsion of the fetus in line with the injection …

“The sax happens to be the instrument that is nearest to the human voice in that you can intone as the human voice will sing. You can growl, you can …

The Iraqis knew, unlike many in the West that capturing Saddam was not the end, that more lay ahead…

You really don't know Jack, do you?

Asked why he has not ventured into the burgeoning home video market at the UK premiere of his new movie, veteran filmmaker Ladi Ladebo reveals that he “hates the idea …

I have always enjoyed reading barbs and cutting-remarks about Republicans. This president happens to be a Republican; and Republicans, as far as I can tell, never seem to be able …