Nine years ago, a group of young cousins met for the very first time at a family event, in Kaduna, Nigeria. They discovered a shared common interest: a love of hi-tech science fiction movies – and a certain distain for the ‘horrible romantic stuff about rich people’ emerging from Nollywood, the country’s film industry, at the time.
The cousins (now young men aged 16-20) – Richard Yusuff, Victor Josiah, Ronald Yusuff, Raymond J Yusuff and Godwin Gaza Josiah – remained in contact, meeting regularly to discuss sci-fi releases they had seen, particularly the special effects. They referred to themselves as ‘The Critics’.
