The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) may be the biggest awards fest on a huge continent, heralding a coming golden age in African cinema. But in only their sixth year they’re still a big, crazy...
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Hand-painted advertisement for a hair parlor in My White Baby
Akosua Adoma Owusu, 26, is one of a new set of young filmmakers presenting their work at this year’s New York African Film...
Who is this woman that created Africa's first science fiction film? Who stands up for the environment and created a big budget look for her short film on a shoe-string budget? Wanuri Kahiu isn't just...
Interview by Christine Folch
Ramsey Nouah, the “Lover Boy” of Nollywood, is so famous he cannot walk through Brooklyn without attracting a crowd. And the latest film he's starred in -- The Figurine...
