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Left: Official Poster for ‘A Land Apart’. Right: Bem Pever, Filmmaker, Producer, and Director. |
On October 23, 2026, A Land Apart, directed by Bem Pever and written by Echobu Michael Garuba and Emil Garuba, arrives in cinemas. The film imagines an alternate Nigeria where agriculture, rather than oil, drives national wealth. It is an intriguing premise, and one that had me hooked from the moment I stumbled upon its announcement on Instagram.
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| Premiere of FLOW in Abuja |
I did a thing!
For the last few weeks, I have been saying this regularly about every achievement I have because I tend to find the faults in my ‘stars’ rather than celebrate the luminance that they represent. I constantly have to remember to be my first cheerleader.
So…I did a thing. Or more appropriately, we (Shades of Us) did a thing! We developed our first film in two years. This one is called FLOW.
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| Photo by Jennie Clavel on Unsplash |
by Cynthia Umeh
Hola amigos!
Today, we'll delve into the intriguing area of Spanish influence in African culture, particularly through literature and films. Spain has a long and complicated history with Africa, having conquered numerous African countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Despite this often contentious history, the Spanish language has played and continues to play an important part in African cultural expression.