The Eagle finally lands on Planet Nollywood! 5 days to Christmas. It is the eve of my first major shot at cinema stardom. The scene of my special appearance in ‘Ayinla’ is to be filmed in 24 hours time. I...
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Eagle in Nollywood
An Eagle in Nollywood – Day 4
Abeokuta, a town under siege! The curtains are drawn. The filming of Ayinla has been finally put to bed. It lasted 3 grueling weeks. For me, however, by the time filming ended on Christmas day, it had only being my...
An Eagle in Nollywood – Day 3
Ipara Uncle Jimi Solanke is a man of many artistic parts - teacher, actor, singer, writer, fine artist, dramatist, multi-instrumentalist, children's television presenter, film director and a key minister in the government of Professor Wole Soyinka in the Autonomous Republic...
An Eagle in Nollywood – Day 2
Today is actually day 9 or 10 of the shooting of the film Ayinla, but it is Day 2 of my diary of a few of the interesting events around it. Our visit to Ososa and Ipara took place days...
An Eagle in Nollywood – Day 1
Ososa. It is Day 2 for me at the filming of Ayinla. For Tunde Kelani, TK, it is Day 8. That is because I have not been in Abeokuta since last Saturday when actual filming began. On Friday night a...
Introduction
For the next week or so, I intend to document and publish my experiences as a close part of the filming of Tunde Kelani's latest flick-in-the-making, "Ayinla". For those that enjoy coffee-table-style literature, this is for your reading pleasure, away...
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