At the University of Ibadan, entertainment is gradually becoming more than a pastime for many students. Beyond academics, some students are building careers in music, dance, modelling, hyping, and content creation, transforming their talents into sources of income and personal brands.
The African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) remains one of the most prestigious nights in African cinema and television. At the recently concluded 12th edition, the team behind Low Priest—a HouseGabriel Studios production for Africa Magic Showcase and Showmax, walked away with the coveted plaque for Best Scripted M-Net Original.
Today, platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and X (formerly Twitter) have become the new gatekeepers and a wider platform for expression, unlike the old ones, they do not decide who gets in. An upcoming artist from Lagos can upload music from a remote location and wake up to a virality they never had to beg for.
Nigerian films are now gaining international recognition, appearing in global cinemas and topping charts on major streaming platforms like Netflix and Prime Video.
By: Bamijoko Favour The Backdrop It is nothing but tragic how Ibadan collapsed from the status it acquired in the mid-twentieth century as the literary empire of not just Nigeria, but of West Africa, to its current state where it is only tottering on its way to find substantial literary […]
Credit: The Visual Authors By: Favour Bamijoko To be frank, there is perhaps no other place, or institution, in any society where you can find a readily available cultural powerhouse than in our Universities. With 1.8 million undergraduate students and 242 thousand postgraduate students, according to a 2018 evaluation by […]
By: Bamijoko Favour Image Credits: Vogue Quite interestingly, the students of the University of Ibadan are really industrious. There is perhaps no aspect within the realm of the entertainment sector that has eluded active involvement of students of the school. From songwriting, to singing to painting, dancing, handcrafts, fashion and […]
By: Favour Bamijoko With little to no holiday between last semester — with its daunting facets on all sides — and the commencement of a new semester, as students, we can barely say we are enthusiastic about resumption. The emotional baggage from last semester that many bear has enough potential […]
By: Favour Bamijoko Like many “Owanbe”, this marriage — the Marriage of Anansewa — happened on Saturday (the 24th of August, 2024). But unlike many Owanbe, this one, staged at the Wole Soyinka Theatre, University of Ibadan, is set in the post-colonial, and pre-contemporary cultural life of Ghana. Originally published […]
By: Favour Bamijoko It was on Sunday, an inferior, melancholic atmosphere. The weather was, for the most part, if not throughout, unimpressively dull. For some days, it had rained ceaselessly, and even on Sunday, it rained — but only briefly. So, the fear I had about a sudden rainfall compromising […]
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