“Sometimes it is easier to forget.” – A Conversation with Dieudo Hamadi Wilfred Okiche January 2021 Interviews Interview translated from French by Hélène Ballis For six deadly days in June 2000, armed forces from Rwanda and Uganda clashed on the streets of Kisangani, the third largest city in the Democratic Republic ...
“You Cannot Whitewash the Truth”- A Conversation with Arie and Chuko Esiri Wilfred Okiche July 2020 Interviews “Lagos na wa!” Anyone who has ever lived in Lagos has uttered this phrase at one point or other. Loosely translated from Pidgin English as “Lagos is overwhelming”, the phrase attempts to capture the permanen...
“Resistance is part of the process”: A Conversation with Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese Wilfred Okiche April 2020 Conversations with Filmmakers Across the Globe Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese wants a smoke. We meet at Park City’s Main Street, the extremely busy heart of the Sundance film festival where Mosese is screening his latest film, This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resu...
Dreamscapes and Masquerades: A Conversation with Abba Makama Wilfred Okiche October 2019 Interviews Abba Makama has taken Toronto twice. The first time the Nigerian director, writer and visual artist was a guest of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), he was part of the country delegation partic...
