'Lionheart' Oscar Snub: A Consequence of Imperialism?

'The Academy Awards has come under fire after disqualifying the Nigerian film Lionheart from the Best International Feature Film category. According to the Academy’s rules, the movie contained too much English to make the Oscars cut. Nigeria is home to Nollywood, the world’s second-largest film industry. And while it produces local-language films, the majority of Nollywood’s movies are in English, the official language of the country.  Now, the choice to exclude Lionheart from Oscar competition has ignited a conversation about the history of colonialism, language, and race.  For more on this,  The Takeaway is joined by Antoinette Isama , a freelance writer, and from Lagos, Nigeria we have Ifeoma Fafunwa , a playwright, director and founder of IOpenEye productions.'