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Nollywood. Media. Religion. Culture.

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Soyinka, Language, and Ede Yoruba

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TundeKelani.tv
Monday, June 25, 2018

Black Expressive Style: Deep, Direct, and Vivid

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"I am the first and the last I am the honored one and the scorned one I am the whore and the holy one I am the wife and the virgin...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Myths, Mythologies, and Modern Cultures

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“The myths told by the [ancients] are as important as history for our understanding of what those peoples, ancestors of [mo...
Monday, June 11, 2018

Ogbuide: The Lake Goddess of Oguta

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"Ogbuide is the awesome water goddess of Oguta Lake located in Southeastern Nigeria. The goddess has multiple names and is also known ...
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The Sacred Earth Among the Igbo

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Photo credit: Herbert Cole "In some African cultures, the Earth Mother is a divinity. The Earth differs from other nature spirits, ...
Sunday, June 10, 2018

Prayer Doesn't Equal Understanding

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Bishop Tudor Bismark
Monday, May 07, 2018

Negotiating Orunmila: His Mask, His Wisdom

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"A mask of Orunmila stared down at him from the wall, or at least the artist in Osogbo had said the large eyes belonged to the god of w...
Sunday, May 06, 2018

Igbo bu Igbo: Culture, Language, and Gender Relations

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: "Igbo bu Igbo" - Keynote at 7th Annual International Igbo Conference
Saturday, May 05, 2018

How to Become an Invisible Woman in Lagos

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(By Sisi Lucia ) - Do you want to become an invisible woman? I have found the perfect vanishing cream, immediately you slat...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Africa, Communal Philosophy, and Outlier Thinkers

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"The very idea of a communal philosophy that is entailed in the notion of particularistic studies of traditional African philosophies m...
Saturday, April 07, 2018

In Memoriam: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

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(By Graca Machel ) - Last Letter to 'Big Sister' Winnie Madikizela-Mandela  My Big Sister, It is with a heavy heart...
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Journalists and Making of Nollywood Stars

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Toni Kan ( By Toni Kan ) - Celebrating Nigerian Entertainment Icons: A Tribute  “That night the King could not sleep: so h...
Tuesday, April 03, 2018

The Death of an Industry

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(By Jason 'Igwe' Njoku ) - The Death of an Industry  In July 2011, as part of our series A due diligence, Tiger Global...

Sexism, Diapers, and Making it Work in Lagos

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Adibeli Nduka-Agwu (By Adibeli Nduka-Agwu ) - Sexism, Diapers and Making it Work in Lagos  It was my first week in ...
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Nollywood, iROKOtv, and French-Speaking Africa

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(By Jason 'Igwe' Njoku ) - Expanding Iroko in French Speaking Africa (FSA)  When Canal+ invested in Iroko, a bu...
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NollyCulture – a curating forum at the intersection of media, religion, and culture – explores Nollywood, the cinema of Nigeria, and its framings of religion and culture in contemporary Africa as well as the traditions, worldviews, and debates that inform its perspectives and representations.
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