Kufreabasi Eyo
Creative writer, persuading and delighting audiences.
The EDM scene in Nigeria has been growing rapidly since 2023. Concentrated in Lagos, it is moving from a niche subculture trend to one that is suffusing the mainstream.
Beyond Lagos, raves are also happening in city centers with less robust nightlife scenes. The country’s capital, Abuja, has been building its own experiences, and I spoke with one of the builders, Pasta, founder of Motion.
Read the full interview here https://substack.com/@blacknoisemagazine
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There's little funding for anything in Nigeria. There is little acknowledgment of the young people building Nigeria and improving its international reputation. I've been in the film space for less than a year, but in that time, the quality of the people I've met has been exceptional.
In addition to the film reviews publication I run, Filmmakers to Stay up for! It is a platform I launched last week to spotlight people doing the Lord's work in the space. The first conversation is with Ese Obrimah, who worked on the fantastic feature film My Father's Shadow, which premiered at Cannes last year, and released her directorial debut Heartbreak and Ocean Waves, which showed at the Black Harvest Film Festival.
Read the full conversation by Barney here https://filmmakers.substack.com/p/filmmakers-to-stay-up-for-vol-1
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