This is the first book devoted to the work of a single Nigerian video/Film director. Academic work on Nigerian filmmaking has been increasingly exponentially and there is now a good deal of it. The book will be launched in July and available in major book stores all over the world. It's has the contribution of Prof Jonathan Haynes, Prof Onookome Okome, Jane Thorburn, Dele Laiwola, Matthew.H.Brown, Foluke Ogunele and many others. It is edited by Dr Adeshina Afolayan.
It’s
September 1960, and with Nigeria on the verge of independence from British
colonial rule, a northern Nigerian Police Detective, DAN WAZIRI, is urgently
despatched by the Colonial Government to the trading post town of Akote in the
Western Region of Nigeria to solve a series of female murders that have struck
horror in the hearts and minds of the local community. On getting to Akote,
more murders are committed, and with local tension high and volatile, Waziri
has a race on his hands to solve the case before even more local women are
killed.
Set
against the backdrop of the national celebratory mood of the impending
independence, Waziri is pulled into a game of cat and mouse as he and the
killer try to outwit each other… leading to the climatic end in which the life
of a popular local female teacher and village belle, TAWA, is held in the
balance. Waziri has to race against the clock to capture the killer, save Tawa
and solve the crime before the British flag is lowered and the Nigerian flag
raised on Independence Day… October 1st.
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