Smartphone Movies in Nigeria with Shola Ajayi

In episode 132 I have a great discussion with Shola Ajayi. Shola is an instructor at Ithaca College in upstate New York. She founded UR4Africa as a filmmaker after her experience filming in Lagos. We discuss Nollywood, New Nollywood and making movies with mobile phones.

Some things we discuss:

• What is Nollywood and New Nollywood
• Storytelling is part of culture
• How we’re missing stories from elders in our communities, and homes
• Supply and demand for filmmakers in Nigeria
• Why filmmakers need to write

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