9 h. ago ‘This is a west African story’: how modern art tackled Nigeria’s identity crisis

As the landmark Nigerian Modernism exhibition opens at the Tate, curator Osei Bonsu talks about the art in dialogue with ideas of nation-making• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWhat distinguishes modern Nigerian art from its traditional form? I had this question in mind when I attended a private viewing of Tate Modern’s new exhibition, Nigerian Modernism, which traces artwork from the period of indirect colonial rule to post-independence.Walking through the gallery with the curator Osei Bonsu, learning about the incredible ways in which modern Nigerian artists sought to define, shape and rebel against the beautiful but contested state, I found answers. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Tessa Thompson on becoming a very different Hedda Gabler: ‘People say she’s terrible – I feel protective of her’

The classic Ibsen play led by one of theatre’s most complicated female characters has been reimagined by filmmaker Nia DaCosta, with the breakout star of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ in the titular role. Both women, along with actor Nina Hoss, speak to Annabel Nugent about replicating the story’s classic beats with a modern twist

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15 h. ago Tessa Thompson on becoming a very different Hedda Gabler: ‘People say she’s terrible – but I feel protective of her’

The classic Ibsen play led by one of theatre’s most complicated (slash repulsive slash endearing) female characters has been reimagined by filmmaker Nia DaCosta, with the breakout star of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ in the titular role. Both women, along with actor Nina Hoss, speak to Annabel Nugent about replicating the story’s classic beats with a modern twist

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1 week ago Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties is a hefty helping of Like a Dragon set to bring more of what fans want

Yakuza 3 finally gets the remake it deserves, bringing the next chapter in Kiryu's story to modern consoles alongside an all-new prequel story starring Yoshitaka Mine

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2 w. ago 11 migrants deported by US to Ghana were sent home despite safety concerns, their lawyer says

Eleven West African nationals deported by the U.S. to Ghana have been sent to their home countries despite safety concerns

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2 w. ago 'Absolute classic' romcom that's a 'top three all time' favourite streaming on Netflix

It is a modern reimagining of a classic story

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2 w. ago Netflix adds 'miracle romcom' that 'definitely lives up to the hype'

It is a modern retelling of a classic story and streaming now

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3 w. ago West African nationals deported by US to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries

Ghana has sent 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. to their home countries, Nigeria and Gambia

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3 w. ago Lawsuit says US held West African migrants in straitjackets for 16 hours on flight to Ghana

A lawsuit says some West Africans who were deported to Ghana were held in “straitjackets” for 16 hours on a U.S. military plane on which all passengers were shackled and given only bread and water

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3 w. ago Ghana receives 14 West African nationals deported from the US

Ghana's President John Mahama says his country has received a group of 14 West African deportees from the United States

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3 w. ago The Fence review – Claire Denis stumbles with a grim and grating misfire

Toronto film festival: French director has made of one her least effective movies with this dull and clunkily adapted version of 1979 play with a miscast Matt Dillon at its centreAfter trips to space (2018’s High Life) and Nicaragua (2022’s Stars at Noon), the French director Claire Denis has returned to more familiar territory: post-colonial west Africa. Denis, who grew up in several Francophone African countries, has made several movies that inquire into the troubled heart of such places, and now reaches into that well again for her new film, The Fence. In some ways, the film is hallmark Denis, flinty and strange and sometimes inscrutable. But it is also a disappointment, a leaden film whose points Denis has made more convincingly elsewhere.The Fence is based on a 1979 play by the late Bernard Marie-Koltès called Black Battles with Dogs. It tells the story of three white people living in a protected construction zone in a rural part of an unnamed west African nation. A fatal accid...

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4 w. ago Brave the Dark review – delinquent teen drama comes off as if James Dean met Mr Chips

Warmly drawn melodrama based on a true story follows a delinquent teen taken under the wing of his kindly drama teacherHere is a sincere and traditional melodrama that opens with a brief sequence that slightly wrongfoots the audience: a small child running at night through a setting that calls to mind little Danny in the hedge maze in The Shining. But this is no horror movie; there is past trauma and tragedy a-plenty, but for the most part, this is a warm-hearted drama that plays out like a modern Mr Chips story.Based on the real life of the protagonist Nate (Nicholas Hamilton), a delinquent youth in 1980s America, the film’s focus is on his relationship with drama teacher Mr Deen (Jared Harris); Deen is a likable but lonely man whose tendency to generosity reaches its apogee when he takes on Nate as a personal project after a series of bad choices by the troubled teen. Deen reveals at one point that as a youngster he harboured acting ambitions, with James Dean a particular touchsto...

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