Independence Celebration: Netflix to Promote Nigerian Storytelling Culture with New Collection
As Nigeria marks her independence, the world’s leading streaming entertainment service provider, Netflix has announced its intention to promote the Nigerian storytelling tradition. Netflix intends to use this development to showcase the beauty of the Nigerian culture and experience to subscribers across the globe.
Information on this development was disclosed in a Press statement by Netflix’ Director of Licensing and Co-productions in Africa, Ben Amadasun. Ben Amadasun stated,
“We are excited to bring this curated collection that will allow our members around the world to celebrate Nigerian storytellers and talents. Nigerian storytellers have been long successful in telling great stories, and these stories are now travelling far beyond Africa and are loved by audiences in different parts of the world.”
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The plan will be carried out through the promotion of ‘Naija to the World’ story collection on Netflix, which will feature Nigerian storytellers and talents who have contributed significantly to the country’s creative industry. The collection will feature more than 90 Nigerian movies and series that star some of Nigeria’s top talents and will be available on the website globally.
Speaking, Ben Amadasun said,
“The titles have been curated into various rows to make it easy for members to discover stories that suit whatever mood they are in. These include critically-acclaimed Nigerian films, Nollywood thrillers, romantic films, comedies, crime films and dramas. They feature Nigeria’s leading actresses like Genevieve Nnaji, Rita Dominic, Kate Henshaw, Omoni Oboli, Zainab Balogun, Funke Akindele and Kehinde Bankole.”
Ben Amadun further listed some of the exciting contents on the collection like ‘The Making of Nigeria,’ a new docu-series from Nigeria-based Quramo Productions, which will premiere on October 1. He said that the seven-part docu-series will focus on Nigeria’s history from colonization to independence.
The movie, ‘Oloture’ by EbonyLife studios will also premiere on the 2nd of October. Ben disclosed that ’Oloture’ tells the story of a young female journalist who goes undercover as a prostitute to expose a human trafficking syndicate.
Netflix is a subscription-based streaming entertainment company with 193 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries and films across a wide variety of genres and languages.