Here is a fantastic write up and revistation from the sometimes "shy/recluse" master of the art of writing,compelling and in the very best of fine prose. As an Uncle,I take the liberty of describing him as shy or a recluse for very personal reasons...could this also be a hint at a remake ๐๐๐ COCKCROW : THE RETURN OF A TRAIL BLAZER By Dele Olowu The motion picture has a fairly extended history in nigeria. However in technical and production terms, the first moving image to be shot entirely on location in nigeria, is Peter Igho’s widely applauded tv series, Cockcrow at Dawn. And yet the brief which was to inspire this mass appealing project , was as prosaic as they come. The Obasanjo government had in 1977 become quite committed to the acceleration of food production and national growth. And he was quite anxious to use the classic notion of the gentleman farmer, to which military minds are customarily beholden, as a means of popularizing and radicalising agriculture. ...
A CENTURY AFTER,A CONTINENT AND A RACE STILL IN THE BLAME GAME I have seen several videos,statements and takes from Historians,Politicians,Activists,Intellectuals and Academic Dons on colonialism,wars,propaganda,exploitation, espionage and the place or symbolic status of the Queen in all these and I came to the conclusion that sometimes the very knowledge that we seek and the presentation of history can muddle things up.Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second,was born into a traditional and cultural inheritance,that was foisted or bestowed on her by her lineage or bloodline,she inherited her status and her place in governance is ceremonial and sometimes statutory.Why then should she be vilified and chastised for the sins of her father,forefathers and a system she inherited.Humanity and mankind always has a tendency to seek a rallying point,heroes or a symbol of unity and the Queen whether you like it or not provided that on many levels,staying on the throne for 70 years without an...
At IBBs Book Launch... Iam not really concerned about the bowing antics on display acrossboard here, especially with the attention and public interest in former President Olusegun Obasanjo to whom it's an old tradition he displays in recognition and respect for authority and those he exalts but then folks, take a good look at the two young men standing in the background, one a replica of Abacha, the other a replica of IBB! A coincidence, happenstance or a deliberate orchestration๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐๐ Note:I think the later is IBBs Son Moha!
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