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If you’ve ever pondered over ancient African myth and magic, then Jagun Jagun will leave you spellbound. Directors Tope Adebayo and Adebayo Tijani deliver a captivating story of valor, war and love, spiced with uncanny charms and incantations that would leave Dr. Strange bewildered. It’s not surpris…

Fifteen years ago, the movie industry witnessed the renaissance of the superhero genre with the release of Iron Man. It gave rise to Kevin Feige’s brainchild - the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), providing a perfect blend of gravitas and humour and giving screen adaptation of comic books a newfound…

Part One: Heaven on EarthMoji clutched her diary and inched barefoot across the patio overlooking the driveway. She loved the cold feel of marble against her soles but knew she would have to sink her feet into the icky, rain-wetted lawn when marble ran out. Just like it was two nights ago, the rain…

My mother's prayers fall back into her mouthlike apples plummeting down from a tree. A sonis lost, & father's eyes quicksilver into sheen ash.See no evil, & the eye albinos as a white seagull. Hearno evil, & a voice traveling into the distance returnsan echo lost of its breath. My mother still beads…

The history of pictorial-based writing, also known as pictography, dates back thousands of years and has played a significant role in the development of human communication. Pictography involves the use of pictures or symbols to convey information and ideas.One of the earliest examples of pictorial-…

This 46-page comic book is an adaptation of a popular Hausa legend of Bayajidda, the progenitor of the Hausa people. He saved the city of Daura (now in Northern Nigeria) from a terrorizing snake called Sarki. The city had one well (Kusugu) and the snake allowed the people to fetch from it only on Fr…

Around the 12th century A.D., the West African kingdom of Ile-Ife lived in terror of the Forest People. These hideous monsters regularly pillaged their great city of food and treasure, taking them away as slaves. Now, Ile-Ife was in their golden era with flourishing industries of art, commerce and a…

Chukwuma ate sand for the umpteenth time. His eyes hurt. He could barely see. Dear Lord! What have I gotten myself into? The sandstorm bit harder, feeding him gratuitous servings of fine, jagged particles. While his mouth filled up, his mind emptied of reason– delirious from the deafening howl and u…

Dune 2 is a visually captivating, intensely striking, an absolutely gorgeous film you MUST watch in the cinema on the biggest monstrosity of a screen you can find. It is that good. I’ve got notes but overall, it is a beautiful film. Well-crafted, expertly told story with more than the usual attentio…