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is a student of cultural studies and a PhD candidate at the Bonn Centre for Dependency and Slavery Studies, Germany.
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is a student of cultural studies and a PhD candidate at the Bonn Centre for Dependency and Slavery Studies, Germany.
BOLUWATIFE AKINRO
JANUARY 18 2021
BOLUWATIFE AKINRO•JANUARY 18 2021
Netflix’s new alliance with Nollywood has seen the re-release of many recent hits on its platform. Along with the new attention, social media debates have resurged around the quality of the Nigerian film industry and, in particular, Nollywood’s crisis of representation.
BOLUWATIFE AKINRO
MAY 27 2020
BOLUWATIFE AKINRO•MAY 27 2020
Author of ‘Creating Africa’ and ‘The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe’, Boluwatife Akinro, considers writing, ‘a work of care and hope.’ It is important, she explains, ‘to study the world, to see what is amiss and document what has survived.’
BOLUWATIFE AKINRO
JANUARY 13 2020
BOLUWATIFE AKINRO•JANUARY 13 2020
BOLUWATIFE AKINRO
JUNE 24 2019
BOLUWATIFE AKINRO•JUNE 24 2019
BOLUWATIFE AKINRO
APRIL 7 2019
BOLUWATIFE AKINRO•APRIL 7 2019
The visibility of art makes it a powerful means of agency to reach audiences’ consciousness. The legacy of the Black Arts movement teaches that art need not singularly perform the function of the aesthetic or of utility. Rather, it can toe the line between both in its exploration and representation of the human condition.