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Scholarship and pedagogy

Research

Her scholarship connects film practice with postcolonial inquiry, transnational cinema studies, leadership, pedagogy, collaborative filmmaking, and the global circulation of African screen cultures.

Research profile

Scholarship organised by inquiry, publication, funding, and current work.

Postcolonial cinema studies

Research on colonial afterlives in neo-Nollywood, including the legacies of the Colonial Film Unit and their continuing effect on form, criticism, and industry structures.

Transnational filmmaking

Work on cross-border film collaboration, transnational production contexts, student exchange, and diasporic screen cultures.

Decolonising pedagogy

Teaching and curriculum practices that bring African philosophies and collaborative ethics into film education.

Neo-Nollywood aesthetics

Analysis of style, mise-en-scene, production cultures, and industrial transformation in Nollywood and neo-Nollywood.

Leadership, culture, and Ubuntu

Research linking leadership studies with African cinema, including the articulation of Nollywood collaboration through Ubuntu values.

Creative practice as research

Practice-led work in screenwriting, directing, and filmmaking that translates doctoral research into creative, pedagogic, and industry outputs.

The Ubuntu Collaboration Model frames filmmaking and pedagogy through relational ethics, collective responsibility, and intersectional attentiveness.

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Samantha Iwowo

British-Nigerian filmmaker, scholar, screenwriter, and educator based in the United Kingdom, working across screen practice, postcolonial cinema studies, transnational media scholarship, and collaborative pedagogy.

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