Iké Udé: Nollywood Portraits: A Radical Beauty

The cinema of Nigeria, often referred to as “Nollywood” is a term coined in the mid-1990s to describe Nigeria’s vibrant, film industry consists of movies produced in the country but watched all over Africa and largely by Africans in the diaspora. The history and development of the Nigerian motion picture industry is sometimes generally classified in four main eras: the Colonial era, Golden Age, Video film era and the emerging New Nigerian cinema. The book presents a selection of photographic portraits by Iké Udé depicting some of the major Nigerian actors and actress, television presenters, directors and producers: from Genevieve Nnaji, Alexx Ekubo and Kunle Afolayan to Gideon Okeke, Chioma Ude and Osas Ighodaro. Texts by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Sarah Nuttall, Helen Trompeterler, Chigozie Obioma, Toni Kan, Osahon Akpata, Binyavanga Wainaina and Olu Oguibe. With his ongoing photographic self-portraits, Nigerian-born Iké Udé explores a world of dualities: photographer/performance artist,