Omotola Ekehinde’s ‘Mother’s Love’ Hits ₦100.8 Million as Nollywood Box Office Momentum Builds

The Nigerian film Mother’s Love has crossed ₦100.8 million at the box office, marking a strong commercial run and reinforcing the growing strength of Nollywood’s theatrical market. The milestone was …

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MTV Shuga Returns: How the Show That Launched Lupita Nyong’o Is Tackling Toxic Masculinity in 2026

When MTV Shuga first aired in Kenya in November 2009, it sparked arguments in living rooms across the country. Older Kenyans called it too sexually explicit. Young people couldn’t stop …

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The African Accent in Hollywood: How African Identity Is Quietly Rewriting Western Screens

For decades, Hollywood treated Africa like a location, not a voice. It showed landscapes before people. It preferred spectacle over interior life. When African characters appeared, they often existed to …

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Hollywood Fears Mass Job Cuts as Opposition Mounts Against Netflix-Warner Bros Deal

Hollywood is bracing for significant belt-tightening and widespread job losses if Netflix’s $83 billion acquisition of Warner Bros proceeds, with entertainers and powerful industry unions urging regulators to block the …

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Netflix Acquires Warner Bros for $82.7 Billion in Biggest Media Deal Since Disney-Fox

In a watershed moment that dramatically reshapes Hollywood’s entertainment landscape, Netflix announced Friday it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO …

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Nigerian-Canadian Filmmaker Says Western Media Only Shows African Poverty or Extreme Wealth

Nigerian-Canadian filmmaker Celestina Aleobua has transformed her lifelong experience of cultural displacement into powerful storytelling that resonates across continents, with her film “Tina, When Will You Marry?” screening at over …

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Nollywood Actress Efe Irele Urges Filmmakers To Balance Entertainment With Meaningful Storytelling

Nollywood actress and filmmaker Efe Irele has called for greater balance in the Nigerian film industry, urging producers to create movies that are commercially successful while remaining emotionally impactful. Speaking …

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Beyond Entertainment: How “Mokalik” Challenges Nigeria’s Colonial Legacy and Educational Prejudices

By Abdulganiyu Ibraheem To every critical-thinking student, especially in the terrain of media studies, there are always two lenses through which media content is viewed: the manifest and the latent …

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