UPDATE 26th April 2023

EGBO-PosterOMG, the last update was like, years ago. Well I’ve been busy toiling behind the scenes and generally living life. ?

Blood sweat and copious tears later and I finally managed to finish E Go Betta Oh with the help and kindness of friends. Trailer is coming soon, in the meantime, here’s a poster to feast your eyes on.  E Go Betta Oh was originally commissioned by BBC World Service for the commemoration of Nigeria’s 50th anniversary of independence. I no longer have that recording, however you can listen to it on iTunes or on SoundCloud.

UPDATE 8th September 2021

Just in case you’ve not headed over to my YouTube channel, ? Ive updated it with another video. An edited version of the Clubhouse production of The Slap. Click on this Link to watch, or should I say listen. Alternatively, I’ve added a Vimeo link, which you can watch here.

UPDATE 10th August 2021

So I’ve had a YouTube channel for a wee while, but haven’t really uploaded a lot of content. ? I’m fixing to improve this travesty and will try and upload something at least once a month instead of once ever three years. ? I might send out the occasional newsletter, so you’ll receive notification or alternatively you can subscribe to my Channel and receive notifications through YouTube. 

UPDATE 5th August 2021

Lockdown was not fun and we all went through things. I’m sharing one of my poems which I wrote during the time that shall not be mentioned.  ? Anyway like most people, I soldiered through to the other side and was able to purge some of those feelings by putting it in this poem. It’s called Smile.

UPDATE 27th May 2021

So my updates as usual are few and far between, but stick with me on this.??? I’m going to try to do better.? So I’ve created a Wattpad account and posted a couple of stories from Choices. So if you’ve not gotten your copy yet, you can read them there. I’ll be posting extracts from the next book there too. In the meantime follow this link to read The Day I Died

UPDATE 20th October 2020

Choices PosterYay it’s official. ???????? Choices A Selection of Short Stories is available for download NOW. Go to  Amazon  to get yourself a copy. ?.

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UPDATE 20th October 2020

Book cover artIt took awhile, but my sincere thanks goes to a very talented artist, Ismail Shomala who designed the front cover art for my collections of short stories which is about to drop on 31 October 2020. Yay. For now it’ll only be an e-Book until I can get enough funds to publish a paperback edition. In the meantime, you can order from Amazon and other e-bookstores.

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UPDATE 18 Sept 2020

Coming soon poster for Imagine ThisAnother quick update about Imagine This. I’ve had some conversations and I’m hoping these will lead to more conversations.  There is still a ways to go, but I’m holding strong and persevering.  In the meantime if you would like to support me in any of my creative endeavours, please click on one of the links below.

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UPDATE 18 Sept 2020

Coming soon poster for short story collectionI hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. This is just a quick update to let you know my collection of short stories is coming out in October. Yay. It’s been a long time coming and I’ve been putting it off for reasons most creatives can relate to.  But I’m finally letting go and will be publishing on Kindle to begin with.  If sales take off, then I’ll then be able to publish a paperback version.

If you’d like to support my creative endeavours, you can also support me via my brand spanking new Patreon account. Click on the link HERE and chose a tier. Alternatively you can use the link below to donate to Imagine This.  Thank you for your kind words and your support.

UPDATE 16 June 2020

As per usual, it’s been awhile since my last update.  2020 has turned out to be a heck of a year as we all stay home in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the restrictions, life moves on and I’ve been busy creating and getting stuff done.  I would like to say all my projects are complete, but I’d be lying. ? What I will say is that Imagine This is chugging along, but there is no major news to report yet.  I’m having conversations which have not yet yielded results but the feelings are positive. Will drop another update when I’ve substantial news to present.

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UPDATE 5 Feb 2020

Two updates in one day, 🙂

Here’s one of the completed scenes. Lola and Adebola on their way back from school loose the keys to the front door. A big shout out to my concept artist, Joel Carpenter who has been amazing to work with despite the little bumps here and there.  Thanks Joel, you have done an amazing job in getting what is in my head onto the page.

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UPDATE 5 Feb 2020

With everything else going on,it’s been awhile since I last updated this page.  However, I’m very excited to share the concept art for Imagine This with you.  Here’s 9 year old Lola Ogunwole and her family. If you’re remotely interested in supporting my efforts to make this animated feature film, then please click on the link below to donate or share.  All efforts will be highly appreciated.

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UPDATE 29 Oct 2019

It’s been awhile, but I finally pulled my finger out and stopped procrastinating about Imagine This.  I’ve set up a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for concept art, a 30 sec animation, and travel and hotel to pitch the project to financiers at the Annecy Animation Film Festival.

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UPDATE 15 Jan 2019

Yep those of you that know me have definitely given up on me updating this website. ? I tend to forget all about sharing news here.  Anyways, I’m ecstatic to announce that my short film My Mother’s Stew will be screening at the Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival. Whoop whoop ??????????

Clermont Ferrand here I come.?

UPDATE: Dec 2018

So this happened, my short story ‘The Day I Died,’ which was first published in the Ake Literary review 2017 edition, will be part of the Daughters of Africa anthology. I’m sooooooo excited to be one of the featured writers.

According to the latest email, the anthology will be launched at the WoW festival in March, at the South Bank. Follow this LINK for more details and how to book tickets.  I look forward to meeting you there.

Thank you. sx

Black Women Filmmakers Speak

BREAKING NEWS! (27 July 2018)

I’m so excited and honoured to be one of the filmmakers featured as part of the Shadow and Act series on Black Female Filmmakers Speak. My interview can be found HERE, please share on FB and Twitter and all social media platforms. 🙂

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BREAKING NEWS! (1 July 2018)

So I’m a bit rubbish when it comes to posting on social media and my own website. 🙂 This news I got several weeks ago, but as they say, better late than never.  I’m excited to announce that I’m part of this years’ BAFTA Crew. Another huge YAY. So far it’s been a great 2018.

BREAKING NEWS! ( 27 May 2018)

It’s been awhile since I posted any news, however I’ve been beavering away in the background. 🙂 Today’s good news is that I’ve been  selected as part of Durban Talents Campus and will be presenting Imagine This to the Durban Film Mart. Yay. I’m super excited and can’t wait to meet all my lovely cohort. Congratulations to everyone.

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Winner Best Script

BREAKING NEWS! (7 Feb 2018)

My short film, A Mother’s Journey won Best Script in the Parliamentary film competition, Film The House.  The award was presented by Lord Putman and I can safely say it was an utter shock to hear my name as the recipient for Best Script.  A welcome surprise and a wonderful one too. 🙂

Pictures of the event can be found on this  FB link Thanks to the ALCS for organising an amazing event. It was an honour to win.

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BREAKING NEWS!  (18 Jan 2018)

My short film, My Mother’s Stew has been selected as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Yay! If you’re in Rotterdam and would like to see it on the big screen, please see poster for dates, places and times.  In the meantime, below it the updated version of the trailer.

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MyMothersStew

My Mother’s Stew

My latest project is an experimental animation called My Mother’s Stew.  If you’ve listened to my podcasts, you would have heard the story.  I wanted to visually represent the story and chose animation as the genre I wanted to use.  Below is a link to the trailer.

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Imagine This Poster

Imagine This Poster

Imagine This has been selected for development at the 2017 Ouaga Film Lab.  More Amazing news and a sign of great things to come. Yay

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Imagine This Poster

Imagine This Poster

So happy to announce that my script Imagine This has been selected for a BUFF best script award.  This is amazing news for me, hopefully this is a sign of great things to come.

The awards ceremony is in Sept. Watch this space for details of the live readings.  In the meantime, if you’d like to attend the awards ceremony, you can book your tickets here

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BFI Black star poster

BFI Black star poster

In other very exciting news, my short films AMJ and Mrs. Bolanle Benson will be screening as part of the BFI Black Star season.  Yay.

For some fun, I’ve taken some liberty and photoshopped myself into their poster. 🙂

Details of dates and tickets will follow shortly.

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Final poster for AMJ

A Mother’s Journey

In other news, the grade for AMJ is done. Yay. The sound design is done. Double Yay.   Next step, private screening on 4th at Channel 4. Follow this LINK for more details.

If you would like to contribute to the journey and see this film on the big screen or at a film festival, then please help me spread the word.  You can also help by making a donation using the donate button opposite.  No amount is too small. 🙂

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TRAILER & MUSIC VIDEO

Below is the trailer and music video to my short film, A Mother’s Journey. Let me know what you think, using Twitter, Facebook or you can leave a message on Vimeo or on my website. Be gentle. 🙂

As well as update you on what is going on in Sade’s corner of the universe, here are some links I’ve found lurking in different corners of the web.  Some are interviews I’ve done, some book reviews, all are very fascinating reads and I say thank you to all the various authors.

Sade’s World Short Story Podcast (#SWoSSP) is available to stream and download herehere and here Yay

If you’ve liked what you’ve heard so far, please use button below to donate to the next series which will feature short stories from the following writers.

  • Celeste by Tade Thompson
  • Petty Blood Sport by Efemia Chela
  • The Pink House by Ola Nubi
  • Vegas by Irenosen Okojie
  • Good Reads, ratings. Always great to know what readers think of ones work.
  • An early interview with Helen Caldwell. We met in Spain at a writing retreat.
  • A more recent interview with Geoffrey a lovely South African based blogger.
  • Another recent find, a review by Mary Okeke.
  • Spike Magazine interview. Met the lovely lady in Starbucks and still haven’t read the interview. Should I be admiting that?
  • BBC interview with the lovely Molara Woods who was there when I was carrying around a suitcase full of books to sell. Those were the days. 🙂
  • Another review I’ve stumbled across, by Amy Reads. It’s amazing what Uncle G spits out when one Googles oneself. Yep sad I know.
  • This was the Review that got people talking, by the lovely Scott Pack. Meeting him and Clare led to me winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
  • This is the Essay I was referring to earlier. Another Uncle G find and I swear it does not sound like I wrote the book he’s referring too. What do you think?

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