The struggle of Africa and the Middle East against foreign oppression did not end with the fall of colonial empires .

Sopé Dirisu ('Slow Horses') leads Akinola Davies Jr.'s debut feature, which follows a father trying to connect with his sons ...

The Cannes screening of “My Father’s Shadow” by director Akinola Davies Jr marks a milestone for Nigeria’s frantically prolific film industry, nicknamed Nollywood, which is counting on the French ...

Akinola Davies Jr -- who has made history by directing Nigeria's first ever film in competition at the Cannes film festival - ...

My Father’s Shadow is also coming-of-age story – an unusual one for focusing as much on its struggling but well-intentioned ...

At least 20,000 people have fled Marte town following increasing attacks by Islamist militants in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, its governor has said, four years after residents returned to the ...

In May, 2016, a young man got abducted by three men. They drugged him and gouged out his two eyes and testicles. According to ...

Witnesses say a suspected militant attack on two villages in Nigeria has left at least 57 people dead and at least 70 missing in one of the deadliest incidents in the country’s conflict-ridden northea ...

US director Wes Anderson brought his latest A-list cast led by Benicio del Toro to the Cannes film festival on Sunday, ramping up the star power as the competition reaches ...

It has taken nearly 80 years, but a Nigerian movie will finally be screened in a hallowed official slot at the Cannes film ...