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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.
Otosirieze
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

January 16, 2024

The 10 Best Acting Performances of the Year

In a year of ensembles, in which it fell on collective performances to elevate stories, these actors stood out — among the films and TV series we saw.
Otosirieze
Blossom Chukwujekwu as a kidnap kingpin in The Trade

November 30, 2023

The Fates and Faith of a Chess Master

In five years, Chess in Slums Africa brought hope to thousands of children and became a charity phenomenon. But to get there, its founder Tunde Onakoya had to survive terrors: “It’s the kind of things that you see in movies, and you’re, like, ‘This is really bad,’ but then you’re seeing it, the real consequences of poverty.”
Otosirieze
Tunde Onakoya at a Chess in Slums exercise.

November 28, 2023

The Overlapping Realisms of Eloghosa Osunde

In their debut novel-in-stories Vagabonds!, the Nigerian writer and visual artist pursues an alternate reality of their mind, taking on, among other subjects, social normalcy, gender, and queerness.
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera
Eloghosa Osunde. Supplied.

October 12, 2023

“It’s the Fact That We Did It Our Own Way”: How Yahoo+ Captured a Desperate Side of Internet Fraud

Director, producer, and screenplay writer Ebuka Njoku and producer Lorenzo Menakaya on their professional journeys and the making of their Netflix No. 1 hit.
Orji Victor Ebubechukwu
Yahoo+ still

September 18, 2023

The Real Housewives of Lagos, Recapped & Reviewed: Glamour & Drama in Las Gidi

The clashes are instant in this interesting, fashionable take on Africa’s largest city, yet the show’s Season 1 is unable to stamp its own identity or manufacture original conflicts.
Otosirieze
The Real Housewives of Lagos, Season 1

August 20, 2023

Battle on Buka Street, Reviewed: Blockbuster Dramedy with Emotional Burn

As warring sister chefs, Funke Akindele and Mercy Johnson, aided by a tight script, torch each other in an entertaining, and ultimately touching, tale that became Nollywood’s highest-grossing film of all-time.
Otosirieze
Battle on Buka Street

August 19, 2023

The Trade, Reviewed: Kidnappers Vs. Police

Blossom Chukwujekwu puts in an indelible layered performance as a criminal defined by a deep-seated sense of manhood.
Paula Willie-Okafor
The Trade

August 17, 2023

King of Thieves (Agesinkole), Reviewed—A Captivating Yoruba Historical Epic

A magnetic Femi Adebayo doubles as producer and star of this story about a kingdom caught in ancestral turmoil.
Paula Willie-Okafor
King of Thieves (Agesinkole)

August 17, 2023

“‘Our Literature Has Died Again’: Nigerian Writing in the Era of the Nomadists”

As conversations sethe about the “death” of Nigerian literature and the loss of authenticity in its poetry, a writer counters for the growing japa-MFA subculture: “I call them the Nomadic Generation because of their complication of nationalism.”
Kanyinsola Olorunnisola
Nigerian Literature and the Era of the Nomadists

July 3, 2023

Lagos International Poetry Festival Announces 2023 Edition: “Sanctuary”

Creative Africa

June 27, 2023

The Epic, Transformative Comeback of Chidi Mokeme

A long career playing playboys and villains, including a soldier in ’76 and real-life robber Monday Osunbor, set him apart as an intriguing supporting act. But after a moment of personal adversity, he dug deep and returned in Shanty Town — a domineering leading turn unlike any other we have seen in Nollywood.
Otosirieze
Chidi Mokeme. Supplied.

June 10, 2023

When We Were Fireflies, Reviewed: Memory and the Multitudes of Living

The magical realist delights of Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s third novel.
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim - When We Were Fireflies

June 8, 2023

Gangs of Lagos, Reviewed: A Crime Thriller with Big Ambition

In Prime Video’s first Africa Original, Jade Osiberu takes on forceful, compelling ideas to varying results, but most of the cast shine, especially the singer Chike.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Gangs of Lagos film poster

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.
Otosirieze

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

January 16, 2024

Blossom Chukwujekwu as a kidnap kingpin in The Trade

The 10 Best Acting Performances of the Year

In a year of ensembles, in which it fell on collective performances to elevate stories, these actors stood out — among the films and TV series we saw.
Otosirieze

November 30, 2023

Tunde Onakoya at a Chess in Slums exercise.

The Fates and Faith of a Chess Master

In five years, Chess in Slums Africa brought hope to thousands of children and became a charity phenomenon. But to get there, its founder Tunde Onakoya had to survive terrors: “It’s the kind of things that you see in movies, and you’re, like, ‘This is really bad,’ but then you’re seeing it, the real consequences of poverty.”
Otosirieze

November 28, 2023

Eloghosa Osunde. Supplied.

The Overlapping Realisms of Eloghosa Osunde

In their debut novel-in-stories Vagabonds!, the Nigerian writer and visual artist pursues an alternate reality of their mind, taking on, among other subjects, social normalcy, gender, and queerness.
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

October 12, 2023

Yahoo+ still

“It’s the Fact That We Did It Our Own Way”: How Yahoo+ Captured a Desperate Side of Internet Fraud

Director, producer, and screenplay writer Ebuka Njoku and producer Lorenzo Menakaya on their professional journeys and the making of their Netflix No. 1 hit.
Orji Victor Ebubechukwu

September 18, 2023

The Real Housewives of Lagos, Season 1

The Real Housewives of Lagos, Recapped & Reviewed: Glamour & Drama in Las Gidi

The clashes are instant in this interesting, fashionable take on Africa’s largest city, yet the show’s Season 1 is unable to stamp its own identity or manufacture original conflicts.
Otosirieze

August 20, 2023

Battle on Buka Street

Battle on Buka Street, Reviewed: Blockbuster Dramedy with Emotional Burn

As warring sister chefs, Funke Akindele and Mercy Johnson, aided by a tight script, torch each other in an entertaining, and ultimately touching, tale that became Nollywood’s highest-grossing film of all-time.
Otosirieze

August 19, 2023

The Trade

The Trade, Reviewed: Kidnappers Vs. Police

Blossom Chukwujekwu puts in an indelible layered performance as a criminal defined by a deep-seated sense of manhood.
Paula Willie-Okafor

August 17, 2023

King of Thieves (Agesinkole)

King of Thieves (Agesinkole), Reviewed—A Captivating Yoruba Historical Epic

A magnetic Femi Adebayo doubles as producer and star of this story about a kingdom caught in ancestral turmoil.
Paula Willie-Okafor

August 17, 2023

Nigerian Literature and the Era of the Nomadists

“‘Our Literature Has Died Again’: Nigerian Writing in the Era of the Nomadists”

As conversations sethe about the “death” of Nigerian literature and the loss of authenticity in its poetry, a writer counters for the growing japa-MFA subculture: “I call them the Nomadic Generation because of their complication of nationalism.”
Kanyinsola Olorunnisola

July 3, 2023

Lagos International Poetry Festival Announces 2023 Edition: “Sanctuary”

Creative Africa

June 27, 2023

Chidi Mokeme. Supplied.

The Epic, Transformative Comeback of Chidi Mokeme

A long career playing playboys and villains, including a soldier in ’76 and real-life robber Monday Osunbor, set him apart as an intriguing supporting act. But after a moment of personal adversity, he dug deep and returned in Shanty Town — a domineering leading turn unlike any other we have seen in Nollywood.
Otosirieze

June 10, 2023

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim - When We Were Fireflies

When We Were Fireflies, Reviewed: Memory and the Multitudes of Living

The magical realist delights of Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s third novel.
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

June 8, 2023

Gangs of Lagos film poster

Gangs of Lagos, Reviewed: A Crime Thriller with Big Ambition

In Prime Video’s first Africa Original, Jade Osiberu takes on forceful, compelling ideas to varying results, but most of the cast shine, especially the singer Chike.
Paula Willie-Okafor

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