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Can the documentary #FILM genre do justice to the astounding life of Fela Kuti?
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Documentary films truncate an entire life into fleeting bursts of exuberance and somber moments. Any moments that exist in between, however significant they are, are left out completely or brushed over. In making a documentary, on any subject, the director carves a narrative. And at times, the narrative carves itself. The decision then to make a documentary on the astounding life of Fela Kuti is a brave one. What do you exclude? What do you include? And most importantly, what informs these decisions?

#HISTORY #MEDIA #Alex_Gibney #Cape_Town #documentary_film #Fela!_on_Broadway #Femi_Kuti #film_reviews #Finding_Fela #Lagos #Nigeria #Olusegun_Obasanjo #Sahr_Ngaujah

Controversy surrounding the National Theatre in #Lagos
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The #National_Arts_Theatre is visible from the motorway system which connects Lagos Island and the mainland: an iconic modern structure which rises, it is often noted, like the peak of a military cap from the surrounding parkland. On the first day of the four-day Eid public holiday there are no arts to be seen: […]

#POLITICS #THEATER #Artistes_Village #Chief_Edem_Duke #FESTAC #Nigeria #Olusegun_Obasanjo #Wole_Soyinka

#Nigeria’s #Soldiers_of_Fortune
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In his new book, Soldiers of Fortune, the historian and commentator Max Siollun argues that the years 1984–1993–a period of military rule in Nigeria–‘crafted modern Nigerian society.’ Siollun is well qualified, having published a book on oil politics in 1970s Nigeria. Here he is interviewed about the book by Anthea Gordon. In an article published in 2011 you said it was [...]

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