Squid Game showed up and won awards at the 2022 Emmys. Strange thing because big awards in the US are not usually interested in giving their big awards to people not speaking English. Everybody in Hollywood knows this, so imagine how those directly American productions felt when the director and…

Reliably, the conscious song on Love, Damini shows up early. It’s at track 6, not quite midway of this 19-tracker. The focus is on the pollution of Port Harcourt, the city that raised the man. Unlike a song like “Soke”, this doesn’t feel like Burna Boy puts a lot on…

The Kuje prisonbreak was followed by news that the Nigerian Airforce had “mistakenly” bombed a village in Katsina and preceded by reports claiming that a presidential convoy had been attacked by “terrorists”. None of these events have spurred a satisfactory response from the government — mostly because none of them…

For the first time the AMVCAs honoured both filmmakers and digital creators in an 8-day extravaganza.

1. Medically speaking, alopecia (baldness) is about as dangerous as an inability to grow a beard. Man or woman, the harm is your vanity not your time on earth. I’ve realised that part of the debate online stems from ignorance. People think because it’s a “big word”, it carries a…

Soludo’s speech at his inauguration should benefit from rigorous debate. But the man’s speech, promises, and barely hidden fears were hijacked by two women behaving badly in public. Thank God for technology. I finally got the chance to read the whole thing and have a few thoughts. We can’t forget…

Twitter has been awash with sordid tales of awful treatment by Nigerian employers. Not a lot of it is new. Anyone paying attention knows that to receive salaries from a Nigerian company or establishment is to put yourself at the mercies of their wickedest whims. If your boss is feeling…

Please subscribe to my newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/2dd54326e9f8/oris-newsletter A few weeks ago I was talking to a filmmaker friend in Burkina Faso about the danger of being too early to some fields. You come too early but the market isn’t ready for you. …

Wizkid gives the blandest interviews. Like fried eggs without salt. No real worldview, no substance, no pepper, no humour. Not even a slang. I just read his Rolling Stone interview and it’s clear that after Burna Boy’s win, his team is trying to position him for a Grammy. …