Nollywood, Nigeria’s prolific video-film industry, has been popular in Kenya since it was introduced to east Africa at around the turn of the century. At first Nollywood films were screened in ...

You have to go to Alaba market in the chaotic metropolis of Lagos. It’s where the country’s film industry, Nollywood, was born over two decades ago—not that most of its stars would set foot there ...

The next Nollywood film in Ster-Kinekor’s latest attempt to bring us the world of African cinema is Untamed. Since the film was not previewed, it is a little hard to tell what it’s about, but it seems ...

Behind its better known competitors in the U.S. and India, Nigeria has the world's third-largest movie industry. Nigerian films, made under the banner of Nollywood, are ubiquitous across Africa and ...

In 1992, after years of watching only imported American, Indian or Chinese films, Nigeria’s local film industry had its first real hit. “Living in Bondage,” a straight-to-video dramatic thriller, ...

Attention aspiring filmmakers: Forget NYU, skip USC, ditch Robert McKee and get a load of Nigeria. There was no Nigerian film industry as recently as 1990, but Lagos-based Nollywood now produces some ...

Two women lay in bed in a tight embrace, one is stroking the other’s hair and whispers that she is in love with her. These intimate scenes wouldn’t be out of place in a Hollywood movie, but in Nigeria ...

The industry, fresh off a record-breaking 2024, is charging into the new year with bold projects, promising stories, and star-studded lineups. Just two days in, major announcements are pouring in, ...

In the early days of Nigerian cinema, directors and actors wandered cities and tribal lands shooting movies straight to VHS tapes that were sold in kiosks and bartered in villages. Those times of ...