Advisory Board
FEMI ODUGBEMI
FEMI ODUGBEMI- is a Nigerian documentary filmmaker, Screenwriter, cinematographer, director, producer and photographer in Lagos State, Nigeria. CEO of Zuri 24media. He has scripted, directed and produced documentaries, short films and drama. He produced Tinsel, a Nigerian soap opera that began airing in August 2008 acclaimed “the most successful television drama on Nigerian television in recent times” in 2013. He has cemented his reputation as one of the top TV drama Producers in Africa with the 2018 TV series BATTLEGROUND which drew massive viewership across the continent with over 400 episodes. He Co-founded the IREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival Lagos which has pursued with vigour its theme of “Africa in self conversation” by championing films and stories from Africa, about Africa and by Africans. His Notable works include, “Tinsel” (TV series,2008)'”Mama Put”(TV Movie, 2005) “Maroko”(feature film,2006) “Gidi Blues”(Feature film, 2016) “And the Chain was Not” (Documentary,2010) “ORIKI”(Documentary,2008) “Battleground”(TV drama, 2017) “The Eve”(Feature film, 2017) and “4th Estate”(Feature film, 2018) “Missing Pages”(Feature film 2018) “CODE WILO”(Feature film 2019).
PROF.AHMED PARKER YERIMA
PROF.AHMED PARKER YERIMA- He is a Nigerian academic, professor playwright and theater director. He was director-general of the Nigerian National Theatre, and has previously served as director of the National Troupe. He is a professor of Theater and Performing Arts and has been dean of the College of Humanities, Redeemer’s University since 2013. Yerima’s play, “Hard Ground”, won the drama category of the 2007 Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas literary prize. The play later went on a country-wide tour. Though Yerima wrote on different genres of literature but most of his works are historical plays. Prominent among these are plays include The Trials of Oba Ovonramwen, Attahiru, Ameh Oboni the Great, The Angel, The Twist, Uncle Venyil, The Bishop and the Soul, The Wives, The Mirror Cracks, The Lottery Ticket, Kaffir’s Last Game, The Sisters, Mojagbe, Little Drops, Heart of Stone, Yemoja, Orisa Ibeji, Otaelo, Hard Ground, Song of a Goat, and Wedlock of the gods.
JAHMAN ANIKULAPO
JAHMAN ANIKULAPO – Art and Culture Journalist and activist since 1987; reporting events, participating in/assisting to manage cultural programmes around the world, helping to shape national and international policies through seminars, conferences; and organizing art festivals, projects. He was a Stage Actor, Manager, Director, producer on national and international productions e.g Agip Theatre Festival Italy 1987; Chieri International Theatre Festival, Italy 1992; Afrika Projekt 1996-2002 (Germany and Nigeria); Cervantino Festival in Mexico (2004); Gwanju Biennale South Korea (2005); Milan Film Festival (2005); Pant-African Film Festival, South Africa (1996); Real Life Film Festival, Accra (2005- to date); Nigerian International Film Festival (1992; 2002); French Film Festival, Tubingen, Germany as an International