For The Culture: Putting A Value on Nigeria’s Entertainment Industry

Is entertainment Nigeria’s most valuable industry? This episode, Dami, Ayowande, Korede, and Tunji go into all things culture with a focus on Nigerian film and music before exploring ways for entertainers to build their brands and capitalize on increased demand for Nigerian entertainment globally.

Links

• 2:32 — Omo Ghetto: The Saga movie: https://www.netflix.com/title/81435736; https://guardian.ng/life/what-does-nollywoods-highest-grossing-film-list-say-about-us/ 


• 2:48 — The Wedding Party movie: https://www.amazon.com/Wedding-Party-Ali-Baba-Akporobome/dp/B07GKDRQWH; https://variety.com/2017/film/global/wedding-party-fuels-record-nigerian-box-office-despite-ailing-economy-1201977878/ 


• 2:53 — Lionheart movie: www.netflix.com/title/81030789; https://www.essence.com/celebrity/pretty-dope/nigeria-genevieve-nnaji-history-lionheart-netflix/ 


• 4:08 — Living in Bondage: Breaking Free movie: https://www.netflix.com/title/81270668; https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/living-in-bondage-how-1992-classic-changed-nollywoods-story/d77fhl4 


• 9:00 — Korede’s Okay Africa article: https://www.okayafrica.com/afrobeats-genre-name-stop-op-ed/ 


• 17:36 — Ghana Year of Return: https://www.yearofreturn.com/; https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51191409; https://www.theafricareport.com/178482/ghana-did-the-year-of-return-manage-to-import-the-capital-skills-and-diaspora-it-promised/