Dika Ofoma, Author at African Arguments

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Dika Ofoma

Dika Ofoma is a Nigerian writer, culture journalist, and filmmaker. Dika is passionate about telling nuanced, human stories about Nigerian life and culture. He is one of the fastest rising filmmakers in the independent space.

Cinema Culture Senegal Top story Tribute

By Dika Ofoma
March 3, 2023
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Learning from Sembène: Telling the stories that matter

A hundred years after Sembène’s birth, a budding filmmaker describes his social awakening and discovery of the late Senegalese director. I grew up primarily on Nollywood ...

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Culture Guinea Nigeria Society

By Dika Ofoma
May 25, 2022
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Have you seen Dakan, the Guinean queer classic? It changed my life.

In the face of caricatures and erasure, filmmakers must defy the odds to tell authentic stories of queer lives. The first time I saw two men ...

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Culture Editor's Picks Nigeria

By Dika Ofoma
January 27, 2022
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Nollywood has been mediocre for long enough

Nigeria has the talent and appetite for ambitious and original films, but it needs to cultivate a homegrown cinema culture to make this a reality. Since ...

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