Cinema of Nigeria

Nigeria’s Maki Oh’s Fantastic #NYFW Debut: Perfect For Michelle Obama, Rihanna And Genevieve Nnaji

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Nigeria‘s very own Maki Oh had a fantastic debut at New York Fashion Week.  She is certainly having a brilliant fashion year. Having your clothes worn by America‘s first lady- Michelle Obama during her 2013 Africa Tour and then debuting at New York Fashion.

And boy did she deliver! Oh’s S/S 2014 collection is beyond fabulous. Juxtaposition of fabrics, peekaboo layering and fitted silhouettes with an undertone of feminized masculinity. The preppy square Sinamay hats, tops with puffy sleeves,  stand-out skirts and re-interpreted jerseys( that would look great on Rihanna) get my vote.

Maki Oh says – The collection tells a story about women’s confusion about their place in society. And the clothes marked a journey from demurely femme to boy drag. En route, there were looks that paid sidelong homage to the domestic realm, with apron shapes and gourd embellishment.

http://www.style.com says:

She would be an exciting new name on the calendar merely because she’s based in Nigeria, and those absolutely lovely clothes mash up African and Western references in sui generis ways. But as it happens, Oh may be necessary in New York: It’s hard to think of another designer here who is using fashion, as Oh does, to evoke and interrogate female experience.

With pretty colors, these clothes evoke an appeal that will bode well with Michelle Obama and Genevieve Nnaji. It oozes red carpet elegance without trying too hard.

Did she do us proud?

 

Photo Source: http://www.style.com

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beauty, HOW CUTE...?

How Cute…?#18: Yvonne Nwosu

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https://i0.wp.com/distilleryimage5.ak.instagram.com/7c4b4f84149311e3b8cc22000a1d2017_7.jpgHow cute does Yvonne Nwosu look? She posted this pix via Instagram. She is one heck of a fashionista! TBC is loving those shoes!!

Anyone else feeling this gorgeous Nigerian Designer ensemble?

Ciao Bellas xoxo

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How To Celebrate Your Birthday Graciously- Mercy Johnson Okojie

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Mercy Johnson who is one of my fave Nollywood starlets has penned a note on her birthday(28/08/2013). Its truly

Today, I thought of many things I would love to have as birthday gifts and the many dreams I am still pursuing. In all of this I’m not losing sight of the fact that if not for God I might have ended up on the street like the many kids and young adults begging for food and some prostituting to make ends meet. If we know the circumstances that force some of these people on the street, we would spare a thought for them. I am where I am today purely by the grace of God and the grace of people who believed in me from the word go.
Recently, I was at the Boys Reform Home, Oregun, Lagos, the discussion I had with the principal Mr. Kotun and much later with the Special Adviser in charge of allremand homes in Lagos set me thinking about the boys and girls on the street. They have dreams too. Can they fulfill those dreams on the street? The answer will likely be no; because I won’t be where I am today if I ended up on the street. For this reason, Mercy Johnson Foundation will be doing a lot to get kids off the street. We are not asking people for money or donation, I will do all I can with the resources God has given me, and with the support of my husband to help get these kids off the street and set them on the path where they can begin to pursue their dreams. I want to plead with people, fans, friends and colleagues to spare a thought for the children on the street.We can begin by educating people around us, parents, the children and people in charge of children (Oga-house help relationship, teacher-student relationship, and others) on the need to treat every child like the future of Nigeria depends on it. And truth be told, our future will not be all that enjoyable if we let the scourge of ‘street-children’ fester. By then, the rich will begin to cry.  I learnt Lagos State Government has 11 homes where most children picked from the streets are kept, reformed and reunited with their families after counseling. That is an initiative Mercy Johnson Foundation will be supporting and beyond that we will be going to different states to help spread the message-Get kids off the street, save the future. From tomorrow, I will begin to replay some of the lessons I learnt at the boys’ reform home and we all can contribute to getting the kids off the street.

I am grateful to everyone that has sent in a birthday message, tweet and gifts. Thank you and God bless you.

Mercy Johnson Okojie

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How Cute….?:#1 Genevieve Nnaji

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How cute does Genevieve Nnaji look? Totally gorgeous right?

She shared this via her Instagram page.

I am off to the tailor’s!

Ciao Bellas xoxo

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HOW ORIGINAL?!!

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Nollywood is no match for Hollywood but the absurdity of the movie titles pains me. I am yet to see an original title and content. What the heck do we actually learn when we go to Silverbird to see: “Rise of the Dark Knight”, “Snow White“, or “Spiderman”.

Dear “movie producers” please it is about time when your movies should not show a lady  who is about to go to bed at night and yet her face is fully made up. A film  that talks about past events in the 80s and 90s should not show  MTN, ETISALAT and GLO banners in the background. Do your research and portray your facts accordingly.

Or a car is about to have an accident and  the steering wheel suddenly starts turning and the driver will eventually hit a stem and there is no damage to windscreen, nor any scratch on the car. Your viewers are not dumb!!!

If you expect packed cinemas and raves then come up with innovative titles and shuffle the songs. Playing the same music over and over in the movie (whether it is an action/love/drama scene) is super annoying. Keep the  adverts on a minimum and the  balance  between the bad characters and good characters. Keep it real. Enough of the one track personalities!!
And the phonetics is deafening! When a village girl starts blowing phonetics you have to wonder what planet you are on. Keep it real.

The list continues…. Here are more tips on things we the audience are tired of seeing:

1. Almost all endings will happen in church, when at the end of the movie, a pastor and his team prays and the wicked/evil person manifests, confesses and then drops dead. . . To God be the glory.

2. Lack of continuity. An actor leaves his house in a red shirt and is seen in the car with a blue shirt and arrives his destination in a red shirt.

3. A patient dies by shaking violently on the hospital bed. and actors always have  SUNSHADES in a CLUB at NIGHT. The sun must be blazing at night!!!

4. Dialogue is important in every movie. It does not make sense when a club scene with people dancing lasts for over 15 minutes with no dialogue or incident.

5. The PART TWO, PART THREE, PART FOUR, PART FIVE AND PART SIX (to be contd) dilemma is very appalling.

6. Costume department has to buckle up. Enough of an  village igbo setting  that always has all of the cast scantily dressed with ankara or animal skin, like NOBODY wears shirt & trouser in the village?!!!

There is hope for Nollywood. Who knows we might actually produce an Oscar winner (pardon the pun).

Fingers crossed!!

Ciao bellas xxxxxx

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