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]
In 2023, Aigbokhaevbolo wrote The Death of Nigerian Literature, an essay about the decline in readership and support for literary matters in his country. Weeks after it was published, The Death of Nigerian Literature 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[9][10][11][12] and topped one year-end list of notable essays. [13]
Awards and Honours
Aigbokhaevbolo is the winner of the 2015 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) for entertainment journalism.[14] He was named the winner of the 2017 Felabration Award for Best Media Reports.[15]
In 2014, Aigbokhaevbolo was selected to join the Durban Talent Press, a programme for budding African critics.[16] In 2015, Aigbokhaevbolo was chosen by the International Film Festival Rotterdam as one of four critics to attend its Young Critics Project.[17] The Berlin Talents programme invited him in the same year.[18] He was invited to join the 2023 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam as a jury member.[19]
In 2024, Aigbokhaevbolo was included among the Nollywood 100, a list of influential people in the Nigerian film industry by YNaija.[20]
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