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Some personal news: I'll be joining the 2023 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (@idfa) as a jury member. I'm both excited and honoured to contribute at this level to a great film festival. #IDFA2023 More info: thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023…

There's a decent chance @masobebooks is the singular entity keeping the book section of contemporary Nigerian literature from falling apart. 5 out of 11 books in a longlist is no joke. *Applause*

You grow up and realise that it's true. Science students are smarter.

If you really think about it, the witch-loving Ari Aster behind "Midsommar" and "Hereditary" is a Yoruba Nollywood filmmaker.

China has a famous method to the magic of its exports...

Celine Song making "Materialists" after "Past Lives" is the Hollywood version of Chimamanda Adichie writing "Americanah" after "Half of a Yellow Sun". Discuss for 20 marks. nytimes.com/2025/06/13/mov…

This is an important tweet. One of the reasons Nigerian acts like Fela and King Sunny Ade got international attention was because reggae king Bob Marley died in 1981 and record labels were looking for someone to replace him.

John Updike, what a stand-up guy! He reviewed Soyinka and introduced Oga Chinua to the New Yorker: "In 1973, it was Updike who recommended that the magazine solicit a story from Chinua Achebe." Seems it didn't work out—but that was a very nice gesture. newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

Congratulations to all of the African filmmakers showing their films in Switzerland next month during Locarno's 2025 Open Doors programme. Special congratulations to @emaedosio, the only Nigerian director on the list. Great news.

We really should just keep this trophy.

A few review notes on the To Kill A Monkey pilot episode. #TKAM filmefiko.com/stream/to-kill…

Arteta and his delusional fans can't have any excuse this season. Arsenal has to kick him out if he doesn't deliver the EPL or the Champions League.

5 Basic Tips For Nigerian Reviewers 1. Write like your readers haven't seen the film/series. 2. Give a spoiler-free synopsis. 3. Use present tense. 4. At first, and even later, write without personal pronouns. 5. Avoid cliches—especially when you're claiming a project is cliched.

This Astronomer ad is THE reason America is the greatest country in the world. Marketing/PR to the maximum max. Lmao.

We need to sanitise it all. Both Nollywood and the people writing about it. But e no be like e go happen. Those with the SENSIBILITY Nollywood needs to be respected have eyes elsewhere. And those who can ACTUALLY write about Nollywood will japa or find for an oyinbo mag. Ngmi.

American magazines say Hereditary is about how parents pass "trauma through generations". The truth is simpler in pidgin: The Ari Aster feature is about how children are able to chop winch from their mama. nytimes.com/2025/07/16/mag…

NYT: The Trouble With Wanting Men. Me: I wonder what the Lagos version would read like. nytimes.com/2025/07/21/mag…

Looks like OAU staffers are illiterate. First line: "In view of the contemporary trend of events in the university..." And this is formal writing from a major university? God save us. We are in BIG trouble in this country.

Are we about to get the first Paul Thomas Anderson film ever to receive a major showing in Nigeria's cinemas? (That has to be the only reason Leo DiCaprio is in it...)

This is great. Whoop!

It would be a mistake to elect the bulk of our tech bros to political high office in Nigeria, after seeing some of their tweets on nepo babies and privilege. Seems clear that their kind of intelligence and worldview should not be allowed to lead a deeply unequal country.