This movie is a directorial effort of the award winning Nigerian film auteur, Izu Ojukwu. Until the title was recommended to me, I didn’t really feel the publicity of the film. The film? A true life epic love story of a young couple that wrestles mental health challenge inflicted on …
Read More »Gangs of Lagos: A terrible symbolic representation
There are some symbolic representations that paint “terrible” pictures in ‘Gangs of Lagos’. Cultural stereotype should be censored and avoided as much we love our tomorrow. For example, Jade’s primary use of Eyo for assassination all through, casts aspersions on cultural and tourism offerings. As story tellers, we equally need …
Read More »Naija is always on a two-week cruise
Catching cruise is a street lingo that is comfortably sitting in the lexicon of the Generation Z. The natives of the generation are quick to sum the Nigerian regular melodramas- ‘Naija is a cruise’. Talking seriously, Nigeria is on cruise control. While you are still chewing an issue, another has …
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