Reimagining reality from Yusuf Durodola’s New Gaze
Durodola explains his motivation in framing perception as both a subject of interest and method, saying, “While the eyes allow us to see, it is perception that enables us to negotiate the presence of our reality.”
Creative industry gets ‘pioneer status’
The Federal Government has granted ‘Pioneer Status’ to the Creative Industry in a landmark move aimed at transforming the industry to a creative economy and creating jobs.
Minister inaugurates Anti-Piracy Committee
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has inaugurated the Anti-Piracy Committee, charged with working out the modalities to tackle the piracy of creative works in the country.
The treasures in Grant Akata’s book on corporate governance
In writing this book, Dr. Grant Onokurefe Akata has his country, Nigeria, in mind, and the reader, after reading this part, cannot but be convinced that if we adopt the ideas he made available to us in this book, soon, we would sing a song of victory
Big plans for 2017 Felabration
The 2017 edition of Felabration, an event which annually celebrates the life and works of late Afro Beat king, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has been scheduled to kickoff on October 9 and last till October 15. This year’s event, announced in a press conference held at the Kalakuta Museum, Ikeja, Lagos on August 2, is titled The Prophecy , with promises to be grandiose.
Scriptwriters in Nigeria should be accorded their due honour – Dominic Ajayi
I have subtitled 3 home movies to my credit. I have also written 12 scripts for Nollywood alongside 7 future-specs films for Hollywood. Some are in Amazon while some are with Film One House production, Lagos. Future spec is a term used by filmmakers to describe non-commissioned scripts that will be used or sell in future.
