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Saworoide
Nigerian political drama film
Saworoide is a 1999 Nigerian politicaldrama film, produced and directed by Tunde Kelani. It stars Kola Oyewo, Bukky Wright, Lere Paimo, Larinde Akinleye, Peter Fatomilola, Kunle Bamtefa, Adebayo Faleti, Kayode Olaiya and Doyin Hassan.[1]
Saworoide depicts the setting of an old Yoruba norm in the town of Jogbo where a person can not be crowned king without a ritual which involves the playing of saworoide (English: brass bell talking drum).[2] It was listed as one of the 10 best-selling Yoruba movies.[3]
Plot
[edit]In an ancient time in the town of Jogbo. The priest tells the king that there will be a pact between the citizens of Jogbo and their kings, using a brass bell in the ritual process, and that the ritual process would also be carried out of succeeding Kings.
A new king, Lapite has just been elected in Jogbo; there's been a long-standing saying that kings of Jogbo don't get to be influential
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My Life In Nollywood: Kunle Afolayan
Every week, The Culture Custodian grants you an all-access backstage resehandling into the lives of Nollywood rock stars. You get to learn about their fascinating background, the behind-the-scenes stories, and more. In this episode, we sit with an influential African filmmaker and a pacesetter in Nigerian Cinema —Kunle Afolayan. The son of late veteran actor Adeyemi Afolayan (Ade Love), Kunle Afolayan came into prominence as the producer and director of Irapada (2006), a film in which the three Nigerian languages are spoken and the modern world intersects with traditional values.
Afolayan followed it by releasing other big-budget films, such as The Figurine(2009), Phone Swap(2012), October 1 (2014), Mokalik (2019), Citation(2020), Swallow (2021) and Anikulapo(2022). Unlike anything that came before, The Figurine had an unprecedented 50-million-naira budget and crisp visual quality, with its storyline influenced by Mel Gibson’s Apo
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A. THE WRITINGS OF BAYO ADEBOWALE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY:
(i) Books Published & Book Articles:1. BAYO ADEBOWALE: 1985: The Virgin – A Full-length Novel, published by Paperback Publishers, Ibadan & Bounty Press Limited, Ibadan, (1985 & 1995)
2. BAYO ADEBOWALE: 1987: Out Of His Mind – A Full-length Novel, published bygd Spectrum books Limited, Ibadan.
3. BAYO ADEBOWALE: 1992: Frontiers: Nigerian Short Stories (ed. Asomwan Sonnie Adagbonyin) – An Anthology of Nigerian Short Stories selected from the works of nineteen Nigerian Writers. Vide “Lonely Days” (as a short literary piece), published by Krafts Books Limited, Ibadan. 1992, pp. 49 – 55.
4. BAYO ADEBOWALE: 1996: “I Wonder,” in Poetry For Africa 2, A Poetry Anthology selected from the works of European and Nigerian Writers, (ed. Ann Berry), University of London Press Ltd., London, & Bounty Press Ltd. Ibadan 1996, p. 15.
5. BAYO ADEBOWALE:1996: “The Elephant,” in Poetry For Africa