AňuliAgina

Lecturer. Researcher: Interested in Nollywood-related research, film audience, media and social change.

[Duke University Press @DukePress]

Save 30% on #NewBook "Contemporary African Screen Worlds," edited by @lindiwedovey, @anuliagina, & Michael W. Thomas, which brings together a new generation of African screen media scholars who explore dynamic screen worlds in contemporary Africa.
https://t.co/3FDU40pIK3

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

@screenworlds1

[Duke University Press @DukePress]

Save 30% on #NewBook "Contemporary African Screen Worlds," edited by @lindiwedovey, @anuliagina, & Michael W. Thomas, which brings together a new generation of African screen media scholars who explore dynamic screen worlds in contemporary Africa.
https://t.co/3FDU40pIK3

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

Very pleased to share this book with the world. Thanks @DukePress @screenworlds1 @SOAS @SMC_PAU who gave me leave to pursue this project 🙏🏾🎉🎊

[Duke University Press @DukePress]

"DeepAesthetics" by Anna Munster and "Contemporary African Screen Worlds," edited by @lindiwedovey, Añulika Agina @anuliagina, and Michael W. Thomas are two of the great new books we have coming out this April!
https://t.co/DAI1Egqmg1

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

Hello Nigeria, UK, all, our book is OUT!!! @screenworlds1

Huge thanks to my AMAZING co-editors @lindiwedovey @mikewthomas12 to Elizabeth Ault at Duke and her supportive team, to all our contributors and reviewers.

Enjoy reading it: https://t.co/k5orfoTgnh

[Duke University Press @DukePress]

"Contemporary African Screen Worlds," edited by @lindiwedovey, @anuliagina, & Michael W. Thomas, brings together a new generation of African screen media scholars. Read the intro for free now:
https://t.co/ydRDYdULfr

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

Thanks for getting us here @DukePress and to all our contributors and collaborators @screenworlds1 we hope you enjoy reading this wonderful book 🎉

[Duke University Press @DukePress]

"Contemporary African Screen Worlds," edited by @lindiwedovey, @anuliagina, & Michael W. Thomas, brings together a new generation of African screen media scholars. Read the intro for free now:
https://t.co/ydRDYdULfr

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

@FRSCNigeria and others. How will this be implemented?
https://t.co/BH7vgP6ywL

[What Kept Me Up @WKM_Up]

2024 film festival season is drawing closer.

Save the dates for these upcoming Nigerian film festivals

[JACS_Africa @AfricaJacs]

Behind @AfricaJacs editor Carli Coetzee, you can see posters of the book covers of two authors from the JACS catalogue @james_yeku and @dotunayobade.

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

Looking forward...

[AfricanStudiesUK @ASAUK_News]

Colleagues from the @TandF_Africa team have organised a Meet the Editor session at the #ASAUK24 conference, open to all and any editors at the conference - not only journals in the @TandF_Africa group.

[The Republic @republicjournal]

Today in 2014, Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh died aged 57. 🧵

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

An amazing way to open a conference...thank you!

[AfricanStudiesUK @ASAUK_News]

Our colleagues at @TandF_Africa have put together a package of articles that have been made free to read, many of them mirroring streams and themes from the conference. Follow this link to read:
https://t.co/63l7saWUuX

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

Fans of @Omonioboli and @mosesbabatope get in here. Can't wait for what's coming...

[Nollywire @thenollywire]

Moses Babatope thanks Omoni Oboli for her vote of confidence and choosing Nile Entertainment as the distributor for the third installment of 'Wives on Strike.'

'The Uprising: Wives on Strike 3' will be released exclusively in cinemas in Q4 2024.

https://t.co/1tk6shzKMb

[Wemimo Adewuni Obiwale @wemimospot]

My message is simple

POLITICIANS MUST EARN MINIMUM WAGE

#EndBadGovernanceProtest #EndBadGovernmentInNigeria

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

Words aren't enough to express the sad loss of this elegant, creative talent and human rights activist, Onyeka Onwenu. I am consoled by the beautiful songs, autobiography and everything else you left behind. Naa n'udo, agbala nwanyi 💚🤍💜

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

@InsideNollyTV Aunty Joke. The others will kill me 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

Thanks for this beautiful piece @Chude Her talent, captivating personality, resilience and no-nonsense attitude can uplift millions of women for years to come.

[Chude Jideonwo @Chude]

The first time I interviewed Aunty Onyeka - for True Love West Africa - we had a blast. I watched her throw her hair back in laughter so many times, and I was in heaven.

But after I wrote the article she called me and washed me down for a paragraph about her during the military. She wasn’t pleased. She didn’t mince her words.

Here’s what you need to know about her: She was tough. Sometimes she could be distant, aloof. Some people called her difficult, arrogant. I remember our disagreements when we started working on the book.

But it didn’t matter. I loved her exactly as she was. I loved her complexity. I loved her just for being. However she was - it was enough.

I realised what love and light truly means by watching and loving people like Aunty Onyeka.

Love isn’t when you have an idealized version of a person - with no flaws and no edges. Humans have bugs and features. But when you love them, you love them as they are, because they are. Because you see them fully.

Light shines in spite of its vessel. And what made Aunty Onyeka special was that no matter how arrogant you think she was (she wasn’t; she just carried herself with dignity and knew who she was), you couldn’t ignore her, you couldn’t quench her.

No matter how many times - in her personal and public lives - they tried to attack, to belittle, to sideline, to misinterpret, she was un-reducable.

Unquenchable.

NTA tried to punish her for demanding her royalties. She embarked on a legendary hunger strike. The whole nation was transfixed, in awe. NTA backed down.

The second time I invited her to New Dawn, she walked out of the set because she was being disrespected by the stand-in. I agreed with her. They were disrespectful the way Nigerians are often disrespectful of people who don’t perform wealth and fame and power. Because Aunty Onyeka didn’t perform. She knew she didn’t need to. She walked alone. She paid her way. She needed to add nothing to her fullness of self.

Just because of who she was and what she carried - everyone was drawn to her still. I learnt that from her. To trust your light.

Grace. Elegance. Dignity.
She was born to be a star.

Literally one of Nigeria’s greatest voices. The queen of adlibs. She who wrote songs on a whim. Matron of commanding the stage. A fine journalist. The most important female singer we ever had, and one of the most important singers, period. She was also one of our greatest actors.

We planned a trilogy of three of my favourite movies of hers, along with her iconic soundtracks - Chain Reactions, Conspiracy, Not Your Wealth. We already secured the rights.

Upon its release, we were going to do a tribute concert. And THE documentary.

I told her, aunty I worry about how mine and the next generation that doesn’t know and doesn’t remember will know how important you were, how special you were. She said: Chude, don’t worry about that. What truly matters is that I lived the best life I could.

I know she is right. But still I want them to understand.

That she was a genius. That she was a legend. In the most important ways. In multiple ways. In ways that will never end.

She was a gift our country didn’t celebrate enough. She was who shone because she was so gifted, so talented, so elegant, so beautiful, so poised, so resplendent.

Luminous. Ethereal. Incandescent.

The world must never forget that Onyeka Onwenu was here. She was the very best of us.

The very best that ever was. 💔

Ochie Dike.

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

Rest in peace, Onyii. This autobiography occupies a special spot on my bookshelf for many reasons. Thank you for sharing your creative & inspiring life with us in different ways ❤💚💜

[Genevieve Nnaji MFR @GenevieveNnaji1]

Today, we mourn the passing of an icon, a legend whose voice and presence have resonated deeply with us all—Onyeka Onwenu.

I’m better at expressing myself through my art. “LionHeart” was born out of a desire to honor and give flowers to the legends that made my childhood beautiful and memorable, whilst they were still with us. I am so grateful she accorded me the opportunity, honor and privilege to share time and space with her. We created iconic moments that will forever be entrenched in my mind and photo memories.

My tears won’t stop falling because writing this tribute means I can’t live in delusion for a few more hours. That this is not a bad dream I will be waking up from.💔

My heart and deepest condolences to her family, loved ones and to her fans all around the world.

Rest in peace, Onyeka Onwenu💐. Your legacy will never be forgotten.🤍🕊️

With all my love and respect,
Genevieve Nnaji.

[AňuliAgina @anuliagina]

The insanity of it. They won't allow a Muslim woman wear her hijab to compete but will allow this??? JUSTICE for Angela Carini!

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Could any picture sum up our new men’s rights movement better? The smirk of a male who’s knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head, and whose life’s ambition he’s just shattered. #Paris2024