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Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Carter win big at the NAACP Image Awards in music and film

Mother and daughter duo Beyonce and Blu Ivy Carter bag NAACP Image Awards in music and film. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, a 35-time Grammy Award winner, expanded her impressive list of honours by clinching ...
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‘My Father’s Shadow’ is an ode to memory and loss, blazing a trail for Nigerian cinema

Inside the Grand Theatre Lumiere, one of cinema’s great cathedrals in Cannes, France, Akinola Davies Jr. stood, acknowledging the applause of over 2,000 peers. The British Nigerian director had just ...
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Nigerian cinema in the spotlight as ‘My Father’s Shadow’ to premiere in Cannes Film Festival first

Nigeria is going to Cannes. In what is understood to be a first in the film festival’s near-80 year history, a movie from Africa’s most populous nation has been chosen as part of the Cannes Film ...