Entertainment

Earlier this year, we wrote about Kevin Kelly's fascinating look at the movie industries of India, Nigeria and China, which represent the three largest film industries in the world. Yes, all three are larger than the US. And all three are places known for extremely widespread "piracy." Given that Hollywood insists that "piracy" kills the movie industry, it certainly seemed worth noting that these three countries had hugely thriving movie industries despite (or perhaps because of) widespread infringement.

The Economist has an article looking much more closely at the Nigerian movie industry,...

AP) LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - As one artist rushed the stage wrapped in Nigeria's green-and-white flag, Africa's most populous nation ran away with the awards Saturday night during the MTV Africa Music Awards. Nigerian singer 2 Face, known for his catchy, fast-paced pop song "Implication," claimed both the artist of the year and best male performer awards during the ceremony held in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos. He also dominated during a live performance, throwing himself into the crowd and running away from two scantily clad dancers dressed as police officers.

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(CNN) -- Nigeria's "Nollywood" film industry is thriving, producing hundreds of movies every month. But a new movement is afoot among young directors who aim to compete with Hollywood on quality as well as quantity. Nollywood eclipsed Hollywood as the world's second largest film producer last year and is snapping at the heels of Bollywood, India's movie-making machine.

Most of Nollywood's films are video-format B-movies, buzzing with vibrancy and innovation, but struggling with shoe-string budgets and low production values. But now a new generation of filmmakers is hoping to reach a wider aud...

Last Sunday evening seem the best of time for DStv audiences watching M-Net’s hot music series Glo Naija Sings. It is just mindblowing as well as entertaining hearing and seeing young minds sing and perform in their hopeful journey to stardom.

The Top-9 contestants reinvented contemporay Nigerian music with style, swaggar and in spectacular fashion that queried the ingenuity of the original artistes.

If M-Net is truelly where magic lives, then there are more than magic to see these Top-9 Nigerian youths hungry for stardom respectively taking the centre stage on the Glo Naija Sings. In true ...