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Jerry Chiemeke
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Could The Infiltration Of Netflix Be A Poisoned Chalice For Nollywood?

What Was It Like, Pre-Streaming? Since the industry came to life, each era in Nollywood has been marked by different modes of movie transmission, flowing from the dominant medium of the times. In the early 1990s, audiences trooped to rental shops to get their hands on video cassettes that contained…

Netflix

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Could The Infiltration Of Netflix Be A Poisoned Chalice For Nollywood?
Could The Infiltration Of Netflix Be A Poisoned Chalice For Nollywood?
Netflix

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6 days ago

Fantasising About You Being Someone That Loves Me

(after JP Saxe) I don’t want to read about the new man that you’re loving. I don’t want to see those bright flowers, I don’t want to know how he got you a necklace & asked that you turn around so he fits it for you. …

Romance

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Fantasising About You Being Someone That Loves Me
Fantasising About You Being Someone That Loves Me
Romance

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Dec 9, 2022

Maybe We Could Cuddle Until The End Of March, or A Migrant’s Perspective On Romance In Winter

Vulnerability breeds intensive cravings for company, and ultimately, Affection. One of my favourite albums from the early 2000s is Room For Squares, the debut album released by American singer-songwriter John Mayer. Ambitious, sophisticated, quirky and sometimes goofy, the record dropped at a time when pop acts like Britney Spears and…

Dating

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Maybe We Could Cuddle Until The End Of March, or A Migrant’s Perspective On Romance In Winter
Maybe We Could Cuddle Until The End Of March, or A Migrant’s Perspective On Romance In Winter
Dating

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Aug 15, 2022

Book Review: Exploring The Topsy-Turvy Nature Of Life As Illustrated In Jeremiah Oyebode’s “The Root”

Whether we care to admit it or not, no human lives in absolute isolation. Our lives connect at one point or the other, directly or indirectly, and sometimes the ripple effect of one individual’s actions can still be felt even after several decades have passed. …

Books

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Book Review: Exploring The Topsy-Turvy Nature Of Life As Illustrated In Jeremiah Oyebode’s “The…
Book Review: Exploring The Topsy-Turvy Nature Of Life As Illustrated In Jeremiah Oyebode’s “The…
Books

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Aug 6, 2022

Book Review: Bimbo Ogunmolasuyi’s “A Woman’s Valour” Is A Poignant Take On Gender Disparity In Nigeria

The Nigerian economy is a volatile one, and being born into a poor family already places you on the back foot. For the girl child, however, it’s a double whammy: a girl who is born into a family of low-income earners is handicapped on double fronts — social status and…

Literature

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Book Review: Bimbo Ogunmolasuyi’s “A Woman’s Valour” Is A Poignant Take On Gender Disparity In…
Book Review: Bimbo Ogunmolasuyi’s “A Woman’s Valour” Is A Poignant Take On Gender Disparity In…
Literature

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Jul 23, 2022

Just Tell Me What I Did

What does it take to un-adore you, to un-dream you, to un-taste you? It means banishing our WhatsApp conversations to the archive folder, it means hiding that Facebook post where I reviewed your E.P, …

Writing

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Just Tell Me What I Did
Just Tell Me What I Did
Writing

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Jan 21, 2022

Movie Review: Akinola Davies Jr’s “Lizard” Is A Short But Compelling Watch

All lizards lie prostrate. No one knows which of them has belly ache. African proverbs are usually multi-layered in terms of meaning, and the one referenced above is no different. It is often used to illustrate how the naked eye is unable to read minds, but it also points out…

Film

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Movie Review: Akinola Davies Jr’s “Lizard” Is A Short But Compelling Watch
Movie Review: Akinola Davies Jr’s “Lizard” Is A Short But Compelling Watch
Film

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Dec 25, 2021

BOOK REVIEW — VICTOR OMOTAYO’S “AFRICAN MENTALITY” IS A FESTIVAL OF DIDACTIC PROSE

Year Of Publication: 2021 Publisher: SCLK ISBN: 979–846–59133–3–1 Nigerian literature in the 1960s and 1970s had a lot of bright moments, but one of the striking attributes of books released in that era was the capacity to cater to multiple audiences and demographics. Chinua Achebe wrote classics like Arrow of…

Book Review

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BOOK REVIEW — VICTOR OMOTAYO’S “AFRICAN MENTALITY” IS A FESTIVAL OF DIDACTIC PROSE
BOOK REVIEW — VICTOR OMOTAYO’S “AFRICAN MENTALITY” IS A FESTIVAL OF DIDACTIC PROSE
Book Review

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Jun 26, 2021

A Talking Stage’s Playlist

A Talking Stage’s Playlist It’s 6.45am on this windy Saturday morning. The raindrops batter my windows without any signs of letting up, and the clouds outside tell me that the power cut won’t be rectified any time soon. Yewande, my female banker friend, posts a WhatsApp status update in the…

Writing

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A Talking Stage’s Playlist
A Talking Stage’s Playlist
Writing

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Apr 23, 2021

#Throwback Album Review: Falz Channels His Inner Fela In “Moral Instruction”, But Didactics Are Not…

#Throwback Album Review: Falz Channels His Inner Fela In “Moral Instruction”, But Didactics Are Not Enough It was always going to come to this. For every “La Fete” there was a “Way”, for every “Soft Work” there was a “Wehdone Sir”, and even being a “Sweet Boy” wasn’t enough to…

Music

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#Throwback Album Review: Falz Channels His Inner Fela In “Moral Instruction”, But Didactics Are Not…
#Throwback Album Review: Falz Channels His Inner Fela In “Moral Instruction”, But Didactics Are Not…
Music

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Jerry Chiemeke

Jerry Chiemeke

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Writer-Journalist. Editor. Ex-Lawyer. Critically-acclaimed Author and Film Critic. Contact via chiemekejerry5@gmail.com

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