Browsing: Tunde Kelani

While the poetry itself is culturally deep and rich, star actress, Kabirah Kafidipe, who plays the role of the bride, gives the video an engaging experience, swinging from chanting to singing, dancing and trading in wit and swagger, the type the bride of old was synonymous with. Many who have always known Kabirah as a gifted actress will not be disappointed in her performance in Ekun Iyawo, as the work brings out the multi-best in her.

On Boxing Day, at my insistence,Tunde Kelani, TK, immediately went into “self-isolation” to catch his breathe, catch up with sleep and recover from the mixed bag of the good and the ugly of experiences whilst filming. Stress and satisfaction found common ground on this his most challenging of works. Filming in the midst of a global pandemic cannot be anything but a challenge of monstrous proportions.

Discussion on Yoruba history, especially as it concerns Afonja, a onetime Aare Ona Kakanfo of the Oyo Empire, will be at the front burner at MUSON Center, Lagos this Sunday as historians and top culture enthusiasts, including a leading Yoruba Storyteller and Cinematographer, Tunde Kelani, take a look at Yoruba history and life and times of Afonja and Alaafin of Oyo, Aole Arogangan.