Nollywood has come to be recognised as shorthand for Nigeria’s bustling and rapidly expanding mainstream film industry. In terms of quantity of output, it competes favourably with Hollywood and ...

Nollywood, Nigeria’s vibrant film industry, is setting its sights on achieving global recognition akin to the meteoric rise of Afrobeats. As the third-largest film industry in the world by number of ...

Nollywood is an entertainment-producing powerhouse gaining a foothold in the United States. But for one Boston film student, the movies her mother watched will always be tied up with memories of home.

Although the first Nigerian films were made in the 1960’s it wasn’t until the 1990’s and 2000’s that the industry blossomed as filmmakers took advantage of digital technology and internet distribution ...

In 1992, after years of watching only imported American, Indian or Chinese films, Nigeria's local film industry had its first real hit. "Living in Bondage," a straight-to-video dramatic thriller, ...

Veteran Nigerian actor Francis Odega has said that the quality of Nollywood movies has drastically reduced over the years. Speaking in a recent episode of ‘Where Is The Lie’ podcast, Odega claimed ...