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VIDEO: Nigeria – Africa’s Entertainment Hub
Business News about Nigeria, Africa, and Emerging Markets | December 21st 2009
Actress Caroline Johnson Is Dead
Information Nigeria | December 20th 2009 by Information nigeria
Actress Caroline Johnson, who was down with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Cancer of the blood), and received overwhelming support before, during and after her operation in India, has died. The mother of three, who acted as Uju in popular Christian s read more
Ugandans go crazy for Nigerian Movie star "Omotola Jalade Ek…
Latest on Yoruba Movies | December 15th 2009 by Ajetomobi Babatunde
Uganda tour couldn't get any better as Ugandan fans go crazy for Nigerian Movie star actress "Omotola Jalade"Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has turned out a big catch for Nollywood Give-Back Uganda tour.The organisers, Nigeria-based Stingomania360, in conjun read more
Kelvin Ikeduba: Why i do Yoruba Movies
Latest on Yoruba Movies | December 15th 2009 by Ajetomobi Babatunde
Kelvin Ikeduba RevealsHe is one of the prominent faces of English genre of Nollywood. All of a sudden, he started appearing in Yoruba movies and almost overtaking some established stars. But there was a twist to it as some people started saying that read more
Dotun Taylor takes Egberun Maili to UK in November
Latest on Yoruba Movies | December 15th 2009 by Ajetomobi Babatunde
A new Yoruba movie 'Egberun maili' is set to showcase in UK in November 2009.Directed by Dotun Taylor,One thousand Miles tells a story of young Omolola Adebayo, an intelligent Chartered Accountant Spinster, who mistakenly sends a text message meant f read more
Nollywood Is Sick----Aquilah Njamah
Latest on Yoruba Movies | December 15th 2009 by Ajetomobi Babatunde
Aquilah Njamah, a Hollywood award winner and film maker, is one of the Njamah acting siblings, including John and Empress. In this interview with nfc, he speaks on his grouse with Nollywood and other issuesQ: Aquilah, you seem to be one of the film m read more
Wanna Watch an African Movie in East Legon?
Accra Pictures by Day & Night | December 15th 2009 by E.K.Bensah Jr.
Let's be clear: in Ghana, whenever TV stations advertise African movies, they are invariably talking about Nigerian movies, with a sprinkling of Ghanaian ones. Now, most Ghanaians generally agree that though the Ghanaian movie industry is hastening s read more
INI EDO.. The Latest Producer in Town!
Information Nigeria | December 12th 2009 by Information nigeria
This has certainly been a year of innovation and growth for Nollywood. Oprah, the most influential woman on television mentioned Genevieve Nnaji on her show as one of the 20 most popular people in the world, Stephanie Okereke directed and produced a read more
Ifeoma Nnubia’s kind of Man
Nollywood Watch | November 28th 2009 by Nollywood Watch
Ifeoma Nnubia is one lady who knows and does the right application at the right time. That obviously gave her the gracious look. Ifeoma Nnubia hails from Ozoubulu in Anambra State and studied Public Adminstr read more
New York Film Academy Goes to Nollywood to Train Industry
Ladybrille Magazine | November 23rd 2009
I received news a while back that the New York Film Academy was headed to Nollywood to help train its industry professionals. Frankly, I was not necessarily surprised. Nollywood has become such a fascination for ... read more
USA-Nigeria Direct Flight: Arik Air Launches Services between Lag…
Business News about Nigeria, Africa, and Emerging Markets | November 23rd 2009
Arik Air has announced that it would commence flights between Lagos and New York (JFK) beginning on Sunday, 29 November 2009. The new route will be Arik Air’s third international service outside of the West Africa region, following the commence read more
I am a seductress, says Sapphire Nigerian Nollywood Star
Nigeria Infomaster | November 14th 2009
She is a former beauty queen who found her way into the make believe worlds of movies. Armed with no formal professional experience apart from being an active member of the drama society in high school, she had only her beauty and charm to boost her read more
VIDEO: Eye on Lagos – A Day in Lagos – Restaurants & Movi…
Business News about Nigeria, Africa, and Emerging Markets | November 12th 2009
Popular Nollywood Actor Kidnapped
Blicious | November 10th 2009 by blicious
Segun Arinze, President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria has announced that popular actor Nkem Owoh has been kidnapped. Mr. Owoh is one of the top Nollywood actors mainly due to his role in the blockbuster movie ‘Osuofia in London ’. He was kidnap read more
Nollywood Stars Commend Amstel on AMBO Contestants
Nigeria Infomaster | October 31st 2009
Nollywood Stars commend Amstel on AMBO contestantsNkiru Sylvanus and Offia Mbaka, two top Nollywood stars have commended Amstel Malta for the high quality of contestants vying for positions in this year’s edition of Amstel Malta Box Office AMBO re read more
Pieter Hugo: “Nollywood”
se7enthirty | October 31st 2009 by Rock
A while back I covered this fascinating photographer’s work which my wife and I discovered at the 21C Museum Hotel in Louisville. In the Nollywood series, Pieter Hugo explores the multilayered reality of the Nigerian film industry that is sai read more
NIGERIA : CHRISTIAN MOVIE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, SPIRITUALITY FUEL…
christian alert and mission frontiers | October 28th 2009 by titto jose
While Fireproof, Facing the Giants, and The Passion of the Christ have generated talk of a Christian filmmaking renaissance in the United States, Nigerian Christians are actively contributing to the... this is a site where you can know what is ahppe read more
TIME MAGAZINE'S NOLLYWOOD PICTORIAL
NIGERIAN CURIOSITY | October 27th 2009 by solomonsydelle
Nollywood is Nigeria's film industry and currently the third largest in the world after Hollywood (U.S.) and Bollywood (India). Movies are created with small budgets and in a short amount of time, and despite the quality issues of many of them, they read more
The 4th Kenya International Film Festival
Sci-Cultura | October 16th 2009 by sci-culturist
Photo credit: Looking Glass on Flickr (CC) Theme: Africa and the Diaspora Dates: 21st to 31st October 2009 Location: Alliance Française (main venue & registration), National Museum, 20th Century Cinema, Silverbird Cinema, Italian Cultural Ins read more
The Figurine Araromire, Nollywood Film Premiere
Ladybrille Magazine | October 12th 2009
Nollywood continues to gain momentum and it appears is positioning the city of Lagos, Nigeria, as an important city in the world for African film premieres. Following on the heels of Nollywood A-List Actress Stephanie ... read more
Hitler: The Nollywood Movie
onelargeprawn | October 9th 2009
Oh my. Straight out of Nollywood comes the story of “simple” engineering student George, who falls with the wife of Hitler, a notorious gangster who rules the university campus. With tempers boiling over, the case soon becomes a flesh eat read more
African Film: Nollywood Lady
SocioLingo Africa | September 30th 2009 by sociolingo
A look at film production in Nigeria NOLLYWOOD LADY is a new educational resource now available through Women Make Movies. There is a special offer for documentaries on African Cinema from the new... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
Chelsea v Liverpool - the Nigerian gangster film version (starrin…
Off The Post | September 29th 2009 by Off The Post
What if Danny Dyer was Nigerian? Machine guns, bad actors clad in Chelsea and Liverpool shirts, and a soundtrack by 2Unlimited and Kool and the Gang. It sounds like a fantastic film, no? But I’m just not sure this quite works. This fine effort read more
Black Movies and Culture
Jims Celebrity Gossip | September 8th 2009 by james
Initial black movies were race films, produced in the early part of the twentieth century. These films had mainly black cast members and were produced specifically for the black audience; with the hopes to create a more accurate portrayal of blacks t read more
A-List Nollywood Actress Stephanie Okereke Rebrands Nollywood Sty…
Ladybrille Magazine | August 29th 2009
While Ladybrille Magazine has applauded the Nollywood (Nigeria) film industry, second largest film producing industry in the world, for its drive, talent and energy, we have also been critical of the many areas it could ... Related posts:Stephanie read more
Foto Friday – Nigeria-Tel Aviv
Israelity | August 28th 2009
The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria celebrated the Tel Aviv Centennial this week with a festival of arts, culture and cuisine. The festivities, which will culminate on Sunday, included Nigerian gourmet meals prepared under the direction of read more
Omotola Jalade rebrands,focus more on humanitarian work.
thisdayupdates | August 24th 2009 by thisdayupdates
Nollywood diva & mother of four,Omotola Jalade Ekeinde popularly known as Omosexy has found a new calling.Okay,may be not entirely new,Omosexy is redirecting her energy to one of her agelong passion,children.Don't even think,she is trying to pop m read more
Omotola Jalade rebrands,focus more on humanitarian work.
thisdayupdates | August 24th 2009 by thisdayupdates
Nollywood diva & mother of four,Omotola Jalade Ekeinde popularly known as Omosexy has found a new calling.Okay,may be not entirely new,Omosexy is redirecting her energy to one of her agelong passion,children.Don't even think,she is trying to pop m read more
MY MINI-ME GOES TO SCHOOL TODAY!
IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER WHEN I ONLY HAD ONE.... | August 24th 2009 by solomonsydelle
It seems like only yesterday when Husband and I found out we were pregnant. In no time, we gave birth to a little girl and before we knew it she was a big sister bossing her siblings around and helping me keep the men in our house in check. Today, m read more
Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood? - Cool Foreign Films
Jet Setter - A Girl's Guide to Travel, Culture & Style | August 18th 2009 by Denise
Hollywood, Bollywood - Nollywood? In the search for some entertainment outside of Hollywood's pop summer fare, a friend recommended checking out... This is a content summary only. Visit our website for full links and more! read more
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