When you first read the script for Shanty Town, what was your initial thought about the plot? I thought it was a well-thought-out plot. I loved the twist and the unpredictability of the story. I love how the story was unravelled and how distinctly interesting the characters were. How much of yourself were you willing to push to help bring …

Shanty Town, the New Netflix Original Series entertaining Nigerians, deliberately showcases parts of our culture – Afrobeats, pidgin, Yoruba, Igbo…but it is the Ibibio language spoken between Ini Edo’s character, Inem, and Nse Ikpe-Etim’s character, Ene, for about 30% of the series’ dialogue, that is impossible to ignore. The Ibibio people account for about 8 million out of Nigeria’s 225 …

Before the birth of Adesua Etomi-Wellington, Beverly Naya, Beverly Osu, Ihuoma Linda Ejiofo, Adedamilola Adegbite and more Nollywood names regular in cinemas presently, the industry was already booming with the likes of Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Ini Edo, Rita Dominic, Stephanie Linus and Uche Jombo, all making waves in the 90s and early 2000’s produced films. The feat of …