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November 17, 2024

4 Films Arriving at the End of 2024

A franchise entry from Funke Akindele, another Yoruba historical feature by Femi Adebayo, a supernatural thriller starring Stan Nze, and a romantic flick with Shaffy Bello.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Seven Doors film poster

November 15, 2024

Abi Daré Claims Her Space

The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice and And So I Roar on her writing process.
Orji Victor Ebubechukwu
Abi Dare. Supplied.

August 19, 2024

House of Ga’a, Reviewed: The Fall of an Oyo Empire Kingmaker

Bolanle Austen-Peters’ meaty biopic and historical epic about Bashorun Ga’a succeeds in keeping audiences perched on the edge of their seats, aided by good production and Femi Branch’s charisma.
Paula Willie-Okafor

August 19, 2024

Breath of Life, Reviewed: Faith, Redemption, & Male Friendship

A story with significant potential, BB Sasore’s AMVCAs-winning film succeeds in positioning the lives of these two men separated by class, religion, and belief systems, even as it fails to probe the depths of their characters.
Iheoma Uzomba
Breath of Life

August 19, 2024

Francis Cardinal Arinze Is on the August 2024 Cover of Open Country Mag

At 91, the Catholic prelate is the most accomplished living African and Black religious minister, our oldest cover star, and our first outside literature and film.
Otosirieze
Francis Cardinal Arinze Is on the August 2024 Cover of Open Country Mag

August 2, 2024

The OCM Curatorial Fellowship Presents: Among Us, Scans of Ancient Nok Art for an AR-scape

Created by the Nigerian artists Vetum Galadima and Amaka Obioma, with sponsorship by Africa No Filter, it “combines museum technology and art direction to create a perspective for art preservation.”
Otosirieze
Among Us: A Nok Art Augmented Reality by Amaka Obioma and Vetum Galadima

August 2, 2024

The OCM Curatorial Fellowship Presents: It’s Bloom Time, a 3-D Fashion Story Collection

Crafted by the Nigerian designer Izuchukwu Udokwu, with sponsorship by Africa No Filter, it weaves fashion, music, and poetry to show that “you don’t have to create physical pieces that would probably end up in the waste bin and contribute to the wastes in our environment.”
Otosirieze
It's Bloom Time: A 3-D Fashion Story by Izuchukwu Onyedibiemma Udokwu

July 26, 2024

Aiwanose Odafen’s Duology of Womanhood

For the Nigerian novelist, women’s lives are the plot. With Tomorrow I Become a Woman and We Were Girls Once, the first two books in a planned cross-generational trilogy, she takes us into the burdens of marriage, motherhood, ethnicity, and class.
Iheoma Uzomba
Aiwanose Odafen for Open Country Mag

July 25, 2024

Ebrohimie Road, Reviewed: A Literary Legend as Father & Husband

Centred on his former Ibadan residence, family memories of a young militant Wole Soyinka casts strange light on his increasingly contentious legacy as an activist.
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera
Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory

July 25, 2024

At Agbowo & LAA’s Arts and Women Event in Lagos

Reflections on identity and expression in patriarchal Nigeria.
Agbowó
Agbowo and LAA's Arts and Women event in Lagos.

July 22, 2024

Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory

Ọlájídé Salawu

July 18, 2024

Umuofia Arts and Books Festival 2024 Set for Enugu

Open Country Mag

May 16, 2024

Join SBMEN’s Virtual 4-Weekend Magazine and Digital Course in June 2024

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

April 23, 2024

The Rovingheights Bestseller List 2023: Presented with Open Country Mag

The 100 bestselling books of 2023 in Nigeria: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, self-published, and children’s books.
Open Country Mag
The top three books on the RH x OCM Bestseller List: Hadiza Bala Usman's Stepping on Toes, Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad, and Ayobami Adebayo's A Spell of Good Things.

April 19, 2024

This Motherless Land by Nikki May, Reviewed: A Mixed-Race Woman Seeks Belonging

Entertaining and heart-wrenching, Nikki May’s sophomore novel is most fun when she draws parallels between Nigeria and England, with punchily rendered bits of cultural insight.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Nikki May - This Motherless Land

February 28, 2024

A Tribe Called Judah, Reviewed: A Box Office-Breaking Heist of Authenticity & Heart

Funke Akindele’s dramedy of five brothers who embark on robbery to save their ailing mother, thoughtfully written by Collins Okoh, proves something we already know: Nollywood is at its best when telling authentic stories — which is why this became its first film to make N1 billion.
Paula Willie-Okafor
A Tribe Called Judah

February 26, 2024

Nonzo Bassey’s Songs of Heartbreak

On his debut album Diary of a Loverboy, the Nigerian singer and actor channels frustration, anger, and love.
Orji Victor Ebubechukwu
Nonzo Bassey's Songs of Heartbreak

February 2, 2024

The 10 Best Films & TV Series of the Year

In a storied year for Nigerian cinema, our inaugural list prioritizes the realization of narrative, and these features stand out.
Otosirieze
The House of Secrets

January 31, 2024

“I Used to Think Stories Only Had Artistic Value if They Were Tragic”: Feel Good Hums with Queer Joy

Editors Daniel Orubo and OluTimehin Kukoyi, and contributors Olakunle Ologunro, Innocent Ilo, Edwin Okolo, Fareeda Abdulkareem, and Ani Kayode, on the freedoms and radicality of fictionalizing happiness for LGBTQ+ Nigerians.
Orji Victor Ebubechukwu
Feel Good: An Anthology of Stories About Queer Joy

January 25, 2024

Jagun Jagun, Reviewed: New Heights for the Nollywood Historical Epic

Producer and star Femi Adebayo’s Yoruba-language saga of the clash of two great warriors is a feat of indigenous storytelling and a thoughtful class commentary.
Orji Victor Ebubechukwu
Jagun Jagun

November 17, 2024

Seven Doors film poster

4 Films Arriving at the End of 2024

A franchise entry from Funke Akindele, another Yoruba historical feature by Femi Adebayo, a supernatural thriller starring Stan Nze, and a romantic flick with Shaffy Bello.
Paula Willie-Okafor

November 15, 2024

Abi Dare. Supplied.

Abi Daré Claims Her Space

The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice and And So I Roar on her writing process.
Orji Victor Ebubechukwu

August 19, 2024

House of Ga’a, Reviewed: The Fall of an Oyo Empire Kingmaker

Bolanle Austen-Peters’ meaty biopic and historical epic about Bashorun Ga’a succeeds in keeping audiences perched on the edge of their seats, aided by good production and Femi Branch’s charisma.
Paula Willie-Okafor

August 19, 2024

Breath of Life

Breath of Life, Reviewed: Faith, Redemption, & Male Friendship

A story with significant potential, BB Sasore’s AMVCAs-winning film succeeds in positioning the lives of these two men separated by class, religion, and belief systems, even as it fails to probe the depths of their characters.
Iheoma Uzomba

August 19, 2024

Francis Cardinal Arinze Is on the August 2024 Cover of Open Country Mag

Francis Cardinal Arinze Is on the August 2024 Cover of Open Country Mag

At 91, the Catholic prelate is the most accomplished living African and Black religious minister, our oldest cover star, and our first outside literature and film.
Otosirieze

August 2, 2024

Among Us: A Nok Art Augmented Reality by Amaka Obioma and Vetum Galadima

The OCM Curatorial Fellowship Presents: Among Us, Scans of Ancient Nok Art for an AR-scape

Created by the Nigerian artists Vetum Galadima and Amaka Obioma, with sponsorship by Africa No Filter, it “combines museum technology and art direction to create a perspective for art preservation.”
Otosirieze

August 2, 2024

It's Bloom Time: A 3-D Fashion Story by Izuchukwu Onyedibiemma Udokwu

The OCM Curatorial Fellowship Presents: It’s Bloom Time, a 3-D Fashion Story Collection

Crafted by the Nigerian designer Izuchukwu Udokwu, with sponsorship by Africa No Filter, it weaves fashion, music, and poetry to show that “you don’t have to create physical pieces that would probably end up in the waste bin and contribute to the wastes in our environment.”
Otosirieze

July 26, 2024

Aiwanose Odafen for Open Country Mag

Aiwanose Odafen’s Duology of Womanhood

For the Nigerian novelist, women’s lives are the plot. With Tomorrow I Become a Woman and We Were Girls Once, the first two books in a planned cross-generational trilogy, she takes us into the burdens of marriage, motherhood, ethnicity, and class.
Iheoma Uzomba

July 25, 2024

Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory

Ebrohimie Road, Reviewed: A Literary Legend as Father & Husband

Centred on his former Ibadan residence, family memories of a young militant Wole Soyinka casts strange light on his increasingly contentious legacy as an activist.
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

July 25, 2024

Agbowo and LAA's Arts and Women event in Lagos.

At Agbowo & LAA’s Arts and Women Event in Lagos

Reflections on identity and expression in patriarchal Nigeria.
Agbowó

July 22, 2024

Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory

Ọlájídé Salawu

July 18, 2024

Umuofia Arts and Books Festival 2024 Set for Enugu

Open Country Mag

May 16, 2024

Join SBMEN’s Virtual 4-Weekend Magazine and Digital Course in June 2024

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

April 23, 2024

The top three books on the RH x OCM Bestseller List: Hadiza Bala Usman's Stepping on Toes, Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad, and Ayobami Adebayo's A Spell of Good Things.

The Rovingheights Bestseller List 2023: Presented with Open Country Mag

The 100 bestselling books of 2023 in Nigeria: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, self-published, and children’s books.
Open Country Mag

April 19, 2024

Nikki May - This Motherless Land

This Motherless Land by Nikki May, Reviewed: A Mixed-Race Woman Seeks Belonging

Entertaining and heart-wrenching, Nikki May’s sophomore novel is most fun when she draws parallels between Nigeria and England, with punchily rendered bits of cultural insight.
Paula Willie-Okafor

February 28, 2024

A Tribe Called Judah

A Tribe Called Judah, Reviewed: A Box Office-Breaking Heist of Authenticity & Heart

Funke Akindele’s dramedy of five brothers who embark on robbery to save their ailing mother, thoughtfully written by Collins Okoh, proves something we already know: Nollywood is at its best when telling authentic stories — which is why this became its first film to make N1 billion.
Paula Willie-Okafor

February 26, 2024

Nonzo Bassey's Songs of Heartbreak

Nonzo Bassey’s Songs of Heartbreak

On his debut album Diary of a Loverboy, the Nigerian singer and actor channels frustration, anger, and love.
Orji Victor Ebubechukwu

February 2, 2024

The House of Secrets

The 10 Best Films & TV Series of the Year

In a storied year for Nigerian cinema, our inaugural list prioritizes the realization of narrative, and these features stand out.
Otosirieze

January 31, 2024

Feel Good: An Anthology of Stories About Queer Joy

“I Used to Think Stories Only Had Artistic Value if They Were Tragic”: Feel Good Hums with Queer Joy

Editors Daniel Orubo and OluTimehin Kukoyi, and contributors Olakunle Ologunro, Innocent Ilo, Edwin Okolo, Fareeda Abdulkareem, and Ani Kayode, on the freedoms and radicality of fictionalizing happiness for LGBTQ+ Nigerians.
Orji Victor Ebubechukwu

January 25, 2024

Jagun Jagun

Jagun Jagun, Reviewed: New Heights for the Nollywood Historical Epic

Producer and star Femi Adebayo’s Yoruba-language saga of the clash of two great warriors is a feat of indigenous storytelling and a thoughtful class commentary.
Orji Victor Ebubechukwu

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