Writer, journalist, editor. Culture activist. 🎙️@Art4thepeople_. Author of 'Indigo'.
Jul 23, 2024 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
We've just avoided a car crash with the Osun Festival. A private company of no known culture sector antecedents purported to think they had trademarked & copyrighted the 2024 festival and sought to make *everyone* obtain prior permission to take photos/videos at the festival.
This Instagram video by @ifaseesinolosun was the first I heard of the controversy. To think you can 'privatise' in whatever guise a cultural festival of a river deity, that's the common heritage of millions of Yoruba people, a festival held in a Unesco WHS? It boggles the mind.
Aug 22, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The intellectual dishonesty of our culture journalists. I waged a 20-day war against NOSC last year, mounted exposés to show how horrid Anyaene was & suffered vicious backlash. Do these pieces acknowledge that? Does a reporter call for my comments in light of the latest news? No.
Instead, publication after publication publishes their own rehash of a face-saving press release no doubt written by a communications consultant to create a narrative of a benevolent Anyaene passing on the baton. Are these the independent media to monitor the 'handover' process?
Oct 3, 2022 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Tagging Nigerian Official Oscars Selection Committee @officialnosc & @TheAcademy as I call bad faith on the bungling of Nigeria's 2023 Academy Awards chances. I call on every member of the Committee to reconsider their positions because that shabby statement of theirs will not do
