THE elating news from Nollywood shows that one of its top figures, Funke Akindele, has scored in the billions for the third time in a row with a blockbuster movie. In a back-to-back sequence, her ...

The greeting "namaste" associated with yoga and the Pidgin word for trouble, "wahala", widely used across the world thanks to ...

There’s magic in watching a Nollywood film on the big screen, the collective gasps, the unexpected laughter, and the thrill of seeing stories come alive in surround sound. But if you missed some of ...

Story Highlights Nollywood producers estimate that 50 percent of profits are lost to piracy Pirates put five to 20 films on a DVD and sell them for $4; a legitimate movie costs $7 Nollywood insiders ...

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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, ...

24/04/2012 - Malgré le brio avec lequel il produit rapidement des nouveaux films, les temps sont difficiles pour Nollywood. Cet article est disponible en anglais. Nollywood may be the planet's third ...

Nigerian director Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen lines up a shot in the documentary 'Nollywood Babylon.' OK, quick: Name the three biggest film-producing countries in the world. The home of Hollywood, the ...

Nollywood and its diaspora: an introduction / Matthias Krings and Onookome Okome -- Part 1. Mapping the terrain. From Nollywood to Nollyworld: processes of transnationalization in the Nigerian video ...

In Nollywood, finishing a film is only half the story; the harder part begins when the lights come on. Between producers chasing viral moments and distributors trying to fill cinema seats, the journey ...