The NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series: The First Book Series on Nollywood and the Nigerian Film Industry

 

The NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series refers to books and potential media by Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi, chronicling Nigerian cinema (Nollywood).

The Book Series:

Author: Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, a Nigerian writer and film festival director.

Content: A publication capturing the big picture of current Nollywood affairs, aiming to share Nollywood's story globally.

Formats: Available in print (paperback, hardcover) and digital formats. 

In essence, "The NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series" bridges literary analysis and popular Nollywood storytelling under one brand, reflecting the dynamism of the African film industry.

The Cultural and Political Impact of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima 

The NOLLYWOOD MIRROR ® Series by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima contributes to Nollywood's overall cultural impact by documenting the industry's significant role in shaping African narratives and, to a lesser extent, touches upon potential political influence through its discussions of the industry's economic potential and societal reflections. 

Cultural Impact

Promoting Pan-African Culture: The series contributes to the broader Nollywood phenomenon, which has a massive reach across Africa, influencing norms and values, and promoting Nigerian, and by extension, African culture globally. Nollywood films offer a homegrown perspective on African realities, challenging Western media stereotypes and fostering a sense of shared identity.

Cultural Documentation: The series itself serves as a documentation of "current affairs and highlights in the Nigerian film industry". It provides a comprehensive look for a global audience, helping to preserve and disseminate information about the industry's growth, challenges, and evolution.

Encouraging Honest Conversations:

 By showcasing the complexities of Nigerian life, including issues like corruption, the series (like Nollywood films generally) opens avenues for honest discussions about societal challenges while also highlighting rich history and accomplishments. 

Political Impact

Economic Advocacy: Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima has used his platform within the series and other publications to highlight Nollywood's significant economic potential. For instance, he stated the industry could turn Nigerian tourism into a "billion dollar industry". This advocacy can influence policymakers to provide better infrastructure, regulatory support, and investment for the creative sector.

Soft Power: 

The massive popularity of Nollywood films across the continent, which the series documents, demonstrates Nigeria's significant "soft power." 

This cultural dominance can indirectly affect political relations and perceptions of Nigeria in other African nations.

Mirroring Societal Issues: Nollywood films, by serving as a "mirror that reflects the complexities of Nigerian life", often address political corruption and ethnic tensions. 

By documenting these trends, the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR ® Series implicitly highlights the role of film in political discourse, even if not directly political itself.

Available on

https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/nollywood-mirror-r/author/michael-chima-ekenyerengozi

NOLLYWOOD Blues: Hatchet Job Against the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series on Amazon

There are intellectually immature and insecure characters in Nollywood who have been doing hatchet job against me online and offline.

They attacked the publication of my photo book on my on going documentary film, 'Lagos in Motion" on Amazon.

The idiot does not even know what is a photo book and what is a photo documentary. So, Amazon ignored him.

Then the next target of the hatchet job is my acclaimed

NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series, the first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry.

They sent a false report to Amazon on typos and formatting in the second edition.

The idiot behind this hatchet job attempted to sabotage the publication of the first edition through his semiliterate graphics artist who made the typos and distortions of the fonts to hamper the printing. Because his paymaster, an intellectually challenged immature and insecure opportunist said I refused to include his name in the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series.

Include his name for what?

When he did not contribute anything to the content and publication.

I also chose to print the series in Raleigh, North Carolina in the United States of America to prevent anymore sabotage by him and his evil agents.

The second edition was designed by Juvelin Aripal, an accomplished Art Editor, Art Director and Book Designer in the Philippines and I paid her US$400 (four hundred dollars) for the professional book design. So, the false report of bad formatting was idiotic.

The Nollywood Idiot does not even know how Amazon operates in more than 80 countries in the world.

My books on Amazon, are distributed by more than 50 sellers, including bookstores run by academic institutions. That's why there are more than 15 mentions, references and quotes about my writings in over 15 academic papers by Nigerian and foreign scholars.

The NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series books are the highest priced books by a Nigerian author selling from more than N100, 000 to more than N2 000, 000 a copy by book traders as a collector's item, an art book and photo documentary 

View on

https://www.amazon.com.mx/Nollywood-Mirror-Michael-Chima-Ekenyerengozi/dp/1312199776

My articles on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry have been published widely since 2006 by several publishers, including the Black Film Maker magazine in the UK and Indiewire through the Shadow and ACT that was acquired by Blavity and the acquisition included my most definitive articles on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry. The articles were moved from Indiewire to Blavity.

Morgan DeBaun

The Nollywood Phenomenon: From Analog to Digital - Blavity

https://blavity.com/entertainment/the-nollywood-phenomenon-from-analog-to-digital-2

Blavity is an American digital media company and website based in Los Angeles. Founded in 2014, it aims to serve black millennials.

Morgan DeBaun (born 1990) is an African American serial entrepreneur and corporate advisor. She is the Founder and CEO of Blavity Inc., a digital media company for Black culture and millennials.

2016 – Forbes 30 Under 30 list of "young people transforming the future of media

2016 – The Root 100 list of the 100 most influential African Americans

2016 – MVMT50 Top 10 Innovators of the Year

2018 – Forbes' America's Top 50 Women In Tech

2019 - Culture Creators Innovators & Leaders Technology Award 

2020 - Dot.LA Rising Entrepreneurs

PLEASE, if you are among the bad advisers of this Nollywood idiot, focus on your career in filmmaking.

Learn from the outstanding achievements of Fiery Obasi and others who are trailblazers in Nollywood and beyond.

Stop aiding and abetting evil.

The same Nollywood idiot you are supporting said you most likely misappropriated the over €30, 000 (thirty thousand euros) given to you by the French government to produce your first feature and used most of the money to buy two Toyota Sienna SUVs for yourself and your girlfriend you later married. And I was the only one who contributed N5,000 to support your wedding after the committee of friends meeting in Shomolu, Lagos, Nigeria.

Even when your girlfriend wanted to come over with her laptop to stay overnight with me in his flat, I told her to inform you first and she didn't come again. I refused to be used to cheat on you.

Nollywood idiots should stop their shenanigans against others.

Evil begets evil.

Mortality cannot comprehend immortality.

Fear God.

9jaStudio YouTube Channel Presents Unilife Premiere

9jaStudio YouTube Channel hosted the Unilife Premiere Livestream on Sunday 1 June 2025.

You can watch the first three episodes  of UniLife. 

Click on the link and subscribe and tap the NOTIFY ME button on  all three episodes. 

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Beware of the Night of the Beast

 

"Beware of the Night of the Beast"
Still life art photography from
my Red Apple Series and Serendipity Series, the most comprehensive series in still life art photography in the history of contemporary art in Nigeria.

Who is the Beast?
The next one titled "Beauty and the Beast" will reveal the identity of the Beast.
It is political art photography.

All the photographs were shot within 30 days with my smartphone camera in a bedroom/study in September and October, 2024 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria.
They are available on art canvas for auctions, collections and exhibitions.

There are more than 50 photographs so far and more will be shot before end of this year for the publication of the book of my still life art photography.
There is only one red apple with a gold ring in the world.
It is the invention of yours faithfully, Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, master of the imaginative symbolism in art and literature.
- Ekenyerengozi Michael China,
Publisher/Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series
The first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry since 2013.
https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima
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My Red Apple Series and other Still Life Art Photography

 

The Chinese Agenda.

The Phenomenon of Yogi

The moon is a small bead and the moonlight done with my Torchlight.

The earring is the same small bead. 

The red apple with a gold ring for the still life photographs created by me.

My Red Apple Series Still Life Art Photography of conceptual and intellectual narratives and perspectives on life, economics, politics, culture, people, places and developments using books, magazines and other objects in my observations.
I created some of the objects I have used for the photographs.

The photographs were shot with my smartphone camera in a guest room during my visit to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria in 2024.
I created the unique red apple with a gold ring as a symbol of conquest and quest for an important possession, achievement, attainment, policy, ambition, mission and vision in the world showing important icons and locations of human developments in Africa, Asia, Europe and America.

Some have been posted on 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelchimaeyerengozi

The photographs are on art canvas and are available for private and public collections, auctions and exhibitions.

My artworks have been exhibited locally in Nigeria and internationally in Japan since when I was 20 years old and co-curated the first Art Against AIDS exhibitions in Nigeria at the National Museum and National Theatre in 1993.
The works of my only mentor in fine arts, the famous Prof. Bruce Onobrakpeya were included in the sold out exhibitions.