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Niji Akanni is a Nigerian dramatist, playwright, screenwriter, producer, director, filmmaker, and university lecturer. With academic and professional degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, the University of Ibadan and the Film and Television Institute of India, he has scripted, co-scripted and directed many films and won several awards in Nigeria and abroad. He remains…
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Gbenga Windapo is a multitalented playwright, actor (stage and screen), scriptwriter, and a University Lecturer. In this first part of a two-part interview, he spoke with Kolawole Olaiya of Nollywood in Review about his training as an actor, scriptwriter, and the role of good scripts in old and new Nollywood.
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The famous Nollywood multiple award winning actor and comedian, popularly known as SAKA, spoke with Nollywood in Review on a wide range of topics towards the tail end of 2023. In this delightful interview, he spoke about his training as an actor, his teaching career at the Lagos State University of education and other things.
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Towase Abayomi Alvin is a model and multiple award-winning Nigerian actor. He spoke with Nollywood in Review about his career and other topics towards the tail end of 2023.
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A couple of weeks ago, Nollywood in Review chatted with Adebayo Salami, a legend, and a man of many parts. He is an actor, Film Producer, Director, and Scriptwriter. His career on stage and film production spans many years. Even then, he is not tired; he still acting, directing, and producing beautiful movies that are…
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Bimbo Akintola is an actor, producer, and a humanist. A talented artist who has won many awards in a career that spans many years, Bimbo personifies passion for excellence with a clear voice for women and children. Nollywood in Review met briefly with her on location in Lagos, where she shared her views on some…
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Decolonizing the English Literary Curriculum, edited by Ato Quayson and Ankhi Mukherjee from Cambridge University Press is now out and free to download worldwide and in perpetuity, either all at once in its entirety or as individual chapters as one requires them. Please use this link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/decolonizing-the-english-literary-curriculum/4B2B28BDD55CBC4852A17509A227D047
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Recently, Kolawole Olaiya of Nollywood in Review had a conversation with the Nollywood director, Tope Adebayo to talk about his works. His reputation as a talented and exceptionally creative Nollywood director is known beyond Nigerian borders. He is one of the best movie directors in Nigeria who is passionate about telling beautiful stories. But he…
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Kunle Afolayan’s recent movie, Ijogbon, has generated a lot of reactions. Many reviewers applaud it for its good storyline, others commended it for its brilliant picture quality, while one reviewer rues the missed opportunities and another frowns at the “unnecessary twists’ in the movie. The sharply contrasting responses of viewers to Ijogbon was not lost…
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