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Nollywood set new highs in 2023: here are four of my favourite films of the year
The Nigerian film industry, popularly known as Nollywood, was once seen as a mass producer of poor quality “home videos.

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Dec 22, 20234 min read


Black Ghosts: Noo Saro-Wiwa’s new book is a powerful reflection on Africans in China
Noo Saro-Wiwa is a celebrated Nigerian-born travel writer. Her latest book is Black Ghosts.

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Dec 18, 20234 min read


Opera in Cape Town: critics trace how a colonial art form was reinvented as African
Critics mapped this transformation as Cape Town established itself as a hotbed of the new opera.

Black Headline News
Dec 1, 20234 min read


Nkoli: The Vogue Opera – the making of a musical about a queer liberation activist in South Africa
And when that activist is a Black gay man, Simon Nkoli (1957-1998), how do you reclaim his story from the stereotypes?

Black Headline News
Nov 24, 20234 min read
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