Ake Arts & Book Festival

Film

You Hide me is considered the first documentary film from English-speaking independent Africa. Shot in England in 1970, You Hide Me captures the visit of two Africans to the British Museum where they discover the extent of the theft and concealment of ancient and rare African Art, specifically Benin bronzes, hidden in plastic bags and 

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The King’s Horseman (BTS) – Film

Strong Tower Events Centre 40 Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, Ikoyi, Lagos State, Nigeria

This is the Nigerian Premiere of the screen adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s play, Death and the Kings Horseman. Produced for the Netflix platform, Biyi Bandele’s tight screenplay brings the essence of this powerful story to the small screen. The colonial imposition, the cultural imperatives, the clash and the inevitable culmination in tragedy all comes to 

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