8.1
‘Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars’ Review: Tenderness Is the Film’s Answer to Violence.
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars turns the friendship between a teenage visionary and a village…
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Critical reviews rated on the Roll Call Africa Score™ system. Every film evaluated on its own terms.
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9.5
‘One Woman One Bra’ Review: A Kenyan Fight Over Land, Lineage and Who Gets to Belong
Vincho Nchogu’s feature debut uses land rights, a stolen childhood image and a dubious NGO campaign…
7.6
The Black Book Revisited — the Nigerian Thriller That Just Won Anakle a Ten-Film Canal+ Deal. Two Years On, What Made It Travel, and What It Told Us About Nollywood’s Global Ceiling. RCA Score: 7.6.
With Anakle's The Black Book back in the news for winning the studio a ten-film Canal+…
6.8
On Different Grounds — Mildred Okwo’s Return Gives Nollywood’s Veterans Room to Shine, but the Romantic Comedy Around Them Never Quite Finds Its Feet. RCA Score: 6.8.
Five years after La Femme Anjola, Mildred Okwo returns with On Different Grounds — a romantic…
8.3
The Eyes of Ghana — A Two-Time Oscar Winner Turned His Camera on the Ghanaian Cameraman Who Filmed a Nation Into Being. This Is How You Honour the People Behind the Image.
The Eyes of Ghana, from two-time Oscar-winning documentarian Ben Proudfoot, is a tribute to Chris Hesse…
7.0
The Return of Arinzo — We Called Its Box Office a Distribution Strategy With Performances Attached. Now That the Dust Has Settled, Here Is the Full Review.
The Return of Arinzo set the Easter box office record and finished among the top Nollywood…
7.2
Call of My Life — Uzoamaka Power Writes Herself a Film Nollywood Did Not Know It Needed. Dammy Twitch Directs It With the Eye of Someone Who Has Spent Years Making Things Beautiful.
Call of My Life opened in Nigerian cinemas on May 15, 2026. Directed by Dammy Twitch…
7.8
Veve — The Kenyan Film That Still Holds Up. A Political Thriller About Khat, Power, and the Specific Way a Community Destroys Itself From the Inside.
Veve was shot in Kenya in 2012 on a one-month training programme, by a 56-person crew…
7.8
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold — South Africa’s Most Fun Action Film in a Decade. Donovan Marsh Knows Exactly What He Is Making.
Ten years after the original iNumber Number, Donovan Marsh brought Chili and Shoes back with a…
7.4
The Return of Arinzo — ₦333.9 Million, a Pan-African Cast, and an Easter Crowd That Knew Exactly What It Came For.
The Return of Arinzo opened Easter 2026 with ₦104.8 million — the biggest Easter weekend in…
6.8
Gingerrr — Nine Nominations. Zero Wins. Now, the Review.
Gingerrr received nine AMVCA nominations and zero wins. The critical community has been divided about it…
8.3
The Fire and The Moth — Taiwo Egunjobi Finally Has the Film His Career Deserved
A hired smuggler steals an Ife bronze head in a western Nigerian border town. What follows…