Oris Aigbokhaevbolo
Oris Aigbokhaevbolo is a Nigerian writer, critic,[1] essayist and the winner of an All Africa Music Awards for Music/Entertainment Journalist of the Year.[2][3] Since 2023, he has been a Golden Globes international voter.[4]
Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nigeria |
| Occupation | Writer, essayist, critic |
| Education | Pharmacy, University of Benin |
| Subject | African cinema, Nollywood, Pop culture, African literature |
| Notable awards | AFRIMA Entertainment Journalist of the Year |
Early life and career
[edit]Aigbokhaevbolo studied pharmacy at the University of Benin, Nigeria.[5]
He voted in the annual Sight and Sound Poll of the Greatest Films of All Time for 2022, putting Citizen Kane and Viva Riva! on his list.[6] He has contributed to The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, Sight and Sound, and The Africa Report.[7][8][1]
Aigbokhaevbolo is the cofounder and editor in chief of the literary magazine Efiko and the founder of the film publication Film Efiko.[4][9][10]
Controversy
[edit]In 2023, Aigbokhaevbolo wrote "The Death of Nigerian Literature",[11] an essay about the decline in readership and support for literary matters in his country. Weeks after it was published, the essay sparked responses from other Nigerian writers, most of whom focused on Aigbokhaevbolo’s commentary on Nigerian writers who left their country for MFA programmes in the west. The essay received a flurry of responses[12][13][14][15] and topped one year-end list of notable essays. [16]
Awards and honours
[edit]Aigbokhaevbolo is the winner of the 2015 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) for entertainment journalism.[17] Two years later, he was named the winner of the 2017 Felabration Award for Best Media Reports.[18]
In 2014, Aigbokhaevbolo was selected to join the Durban Talent Press, a programme for budding African critics.[19] In 2015, Aigbokhaevbolo was chosen by the International Film Festival Rotterdam as one of four critics to attend its Young Critics Project.[20] The Berlin Talents programme invited him in the same year.[21]
He was invited to join the 2023 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam as a jury member and has spoken about Nollywood at International Distribution Summit in Cologne, Germany.[22][23]
In 2024, Aigbokhaevbolo was included among the Nollywood 100, a list of influential people in the Nigerian film industry by YNaija.[24]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Oris Aigbokhaevbolo". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "2015 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, Winners List". AFRIMA. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Music In Africa editor wins Felabration award". Music In Africa. 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ a b "Oris Aigbokhaevbolo". Golden Globes. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ Nigeria, Guardian (2023-04-29). "'Nollywood could have been money-spinner but barely gets govt support'". The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | BFI". www.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Profile – Oris Aigbokhaevbolo". British Film Institute.
- ^ Aigbokhaevbolo, Oris. "Oris Aigbokhaevbolo". London Review of Books. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "About". Efiko Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "Film Efiko | Nollywood/African Film News, Reviews, Interviews, Biz". Film Efiko. 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ Aigbokhaevbolo, Oris (2023-02-14). "The Death Of Nigerian Literature". Efiko Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "Is Nigerian Literature Truly Dying?". Afrocritik. 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Nomu, Kéchi Nne (2023-07-27). "Who's Afraid of Nigerian Literature?". The Republic. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Olorunnisola, Kanyinsola (2023-08-17). ""Our Literature Has Died Again": The Nomadists, the Nativists, and the Future of Nigerian Writing". Open Country Mag. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Ancci (2024-05-19). "Reading the Great Nigerian Literary Debate". The Republic. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "18 Notable Essays From Nigeria in 2023". Afrocritik. 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Oris Aigbokhaevbolo". Golden Globes. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Music In Africa editor wins Felabration award". Music In Africa. 15 October 2018.
- ^ Nigeria, Guardian (2022-12-03). "Oris Aigbokhaevbolo: The business-minded film critic seizing the world one film at a time". The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "Daily Tiger #4 (English) by International Film Festival Rotterdam – Issuu". issuu.com. 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Berlinale Talents – Oris Aigbokhaevbolo". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ www.oberon.nl, Oberon Amsterdam (2023-11-16). "IDFA Institute | 1489 wins Best Film in the International Competition and Canuto's Transformation wins Best Film in the Envision Competition". IDFA. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "International industry platforms European Work in Progress and International Distribution Summit back in Cologne". Film und Medien Stiftung NRW (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ "Nollywood 100". YNaija. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024.