Afri Reviews challenges Africans
Afri Reviews
(www.AfriReviews.com), the first movie review platform in Africa with focus on
all African movies, has called for collaboration.
Its co-founder, Anita Abada, made
this call recently when she explained what it was all about, satying it was
borne out of the desire to create a platform where movies made on the continent
and its actors can be celebrated and evaluated.
“We want Africans and the world
to know of these movies beyond their individual countries and to review them
right here on our platform. The West have Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, Variety,
Metacritic and a host of other review platforms that showcase the best and
worst of Hollywood.
“Africa has none of them. Does
this mean that there are no exceptional movies made in Africa? Are we saying
Africa has no brilliant actors? What Afri Reviews wants to do is to expose
these movies. We want to bring out the best of Africa and show it to the
world.”
James Ogunjimi, also a co-founder,
chipped in too. “Look, Africa has Nollywood which is second in the world. We
have Ghallywood, Joziwood, Lolliwood, Wakaliwood, Ugawood, Somaliwood and a
host of movie industries churning out movies every day. We want to showcase
these movies. We want Africans and the world to know of these movies beyond
their individual countries and to review them right here on our platform. Short
films, documentaries, animations, we want to show them to the world.”
He then made the call for
collaboration. “We want people who can go to the cinemas in their countries and
write honest reviews. What about TV series? With the number of shows airing
daily, you have to wonder why no one is talking about them. We want to do
this.”
Abada concluded by inviting
reviewers and those enthusiastic about the African movie industry and who can
write from an African perspective to send a mail to the platform. “Our email
is: info@afrireviews.com for those who want to join the team. In whatever
capacity, send us a mail and we’ll respond. This is an African project and we
are confident that there are enough willing Africans to execute it.”
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