Daniel Okechukwu

Jul 17, 2024 | mg.co.za | Des Erasmus |Daniel Okechukwu

As a child growing up in Nigeria, you mostly know Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti as the first Nigerian woman to drive a car. As you grow into your teenage years and become familiar with Afrobeat, the music movement and sound her son inspired, she’s mostly spoken about as Fela’s mum.

Jul 11, 2024 | africasacountry.com | Daniel Okechukwu |Simon Adetona Akindes |Sean Jacobs

As a child growing up in Nigeria, you mostly know Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti as the first Nigerian woman to drive a car. As you grow into your teenage years and become familiar with Afrobeats, the music movement and sound her son inspired, she’s mostly spoken about as Fela’s mum.

Apr 20, 2024 | innollywood.com | Daniel Okechukwu

A few minutes into A Tribe of Judah, the crowd starts laughing. The laughter which starts in pockets of the cinema hall and soon fills the theatre begins when Funke Akindele’s character Jedidah Judah blessing pictures of her kids with holy water and continues as she tears into a sachet of alcohol and makes that wretched face we all make when we gulp strong gin and it disorients our body for a quick second.

Nov 30, 2023 | innollywood.com | Daniel Okechukwu

Igbo Amaka best describes Afamefuna, Kayode Kasum’s bittersweet love letter to the Igbo apprenticeship system. It is a compelling story that deftly weaves culture and human complexities within the nwa boi system with a nuanced authenticity unexpected from a non-Igbo filmmaker.

Nov 15, 2023 | innollywood.com | Daniel Okechukwu

If you ask ten different female rape survivors to describe their experiences, they would have different stories, but one thing that would be found constant is the pain in their eyes as they recount the incident and the anger at the violation. If you ask men to describe how rape happens, the majority of them may or may not have the exact definition — uber-violent, clothes ripped, and something along those lines. However, this version of rape does not happen to every woman.