BFI Festival Special: ‘African Apocalypse’
Written by Tola Ositelu British-Nigerian activist Femi Nylander came to prominence as one of the leading voices of the Oxford University ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ campaign. In his…
Album Review: The Tabansi Sampler-Various Artists
Early 1950s, Northern Nigeria. An industrious music mogul-in-the-making, Prince Joseph Tabansi, saw a gap in the market that the major labels were overlooking. He…
“Artists have to use their platform to highlight the human condition honestly”: An Interview with Drea Pizziconi
NYC Singer/Songwriter and self-professed ‘serial social entrepreneur’, Drea Pizziconi discusses her trajectory from politically-conscious youngster to activist musician; female empowerment; international collaborations and how…
Re-thinking Heart of Darkness: An Interview with Keicha Greenidge & Morgan Bailey
Heart of Darkness, co-stars Keicha Greenidge and Morgan Bailey, are in a playful disposition. They’ve reached the end of a nationwide UK tour of Imitating…
Sade @ 60: Reflections on an Afropean Icon
Written by Tola Ositelu I have been told more than once that I have a freakishly good long term memory. It is thus a…
An Afropean Relocation – Cool Receptions, Linguistic Plateau and Relational Epiphanies
The last Monday of October marked my first year anniversary in Strasbourg. As the date approached, I felt a vague dread. There’s the usual…
Film Review: The Trial of Nelson Mandela and Others
By Tola Ositelu The trial of the century and that’s no lie. French filmmakers Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte’s documentary Le Procès Contre Nelson Mandela et les…
Nollywood – The Alternative Take: An Interview with Nadia Denton
The world of British Council film curator, author and cinephile Nadia Denton is returning to some kind of normality. She is fresh from the…
Preview: ‘I Just Dey Observe’ Nigerian Film Festival @ The BFI, London 18th August 2018
Curator and West African film enthusiast Nadia Denton is determined to show the world that there is more to the Nigerian movie industry than…
The Saga of the Suez Canal @ The Arab World Institute, Paris
Forty centuries have passed since Pharaoh Sesostris III had the first canal built linking the major bodies of water in and around Egypt. Since…