Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nollywood, Nigeria’s prolific video-film industry, has been popular in Kenya since it was introduced to east Africa at around the ...

If there is one thing you can bet on, it is that Nollywood is always cooking something special for the big screen. This April, the Nigerian box office is serving a serious feast, from the high-stakes ...

The irony is striking, as Nigeria is home to Nollywood, widely regarded as the second-largest film industry in the world by volume ...

Although early Nollywood generally had some cringy productions, when you look at some of these films today, you find that they are not so bad. There are some exceptional ones, that delivered premium ...

The making of a Nollywood film happens in stages, and marketers have the important work of connecting the product with the audience. So Niyi Akinmolayan, one of the film's producers, reached out and ...

Her comments reflect growing calls within the industry for structural support and global partnerships to scale African ...

Released in 2024, Everybody Loves Jenifa was a cultural phenomenon that dominated the Nigerian box office. The film, led by Funke Akindele, showcased her signature comedic brilliance, leaving ...

Nollywood-Bollywood collaboration film, ‘On Different Grounds’, produced by Nicolette Ndigwe and directed by Mildred Okwo, is ...

Earlier this month, colorfully dressed film stars and gray-suited asset managers gathered on the top floor of a Chinese car showroom in Lagos to discuss how to make money on movies. Nollywood, as ...

Pentecostal themes in Nigerian films. In the course of the last ten years, the West African film industry has grown exponentially, so much so that it now occupies a comfortable third-place position ...

Motunrayo criticises Funke Akindele over her recent feuds with colleagues, urging her to reflect on her character amidst ...

Solomon Waliaula received funding from the International European Research Council as a contributor to the book Contemporary African Screen Worlds: Decolonizing Film and Screen Studies (2019-2025).