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What Kept Me UpAfrica

BBNaija, MasterChef and Nigeria’s Long Relationship with Foreign Unscripted Television

October 5

For the better part of two decades, Nigerian television has been significantly shaped by unscripted formats that originated abroad. Some became institutions. Others disappeared quietly.

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