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Q&A with Noah Tsika, author of Cinematic Independence

Mar 28 2022
Noah Tsika is Associate Professor of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York. He is contributing editor of Africa Is a Country and the author of several books, including Traumatic Imprints and Nollywood Stars. He is also a first-generation scholar.Cinematic Independence traces t
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Nigeria Shows How the Silver Screen Can Be Saved

Mar 18 2022
By Noah Tsika, author of Cinematic Independence: Constructing the Big Screen in Nigeria2019 was a peak year for moviegoing in Nigeria. Never before had there been so many theater screens in the country. Individual films, both locally produced and imported from Hollywood, broke box-office records
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