Lola Fani-Kayode, writer of ‘Mirror in the Sun’, the popular soap opera which grabbed the attention of Nigerians in the late 1990s, and Amaka Igwe, late movie producer and director, lead the pack of 17 women whose profiles are contained in ‘Ladies Calling the Shots’, a book on female film directors in Nigeria.
The book, written by Niran Adedokun, a Lagos-based public relations practitioner, lawyer and writer, will be launched on November 13 at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos, under the chairmanship of Olusegun Osoba, former governor of Ogun State.
Other female directors profiled in the book are Mildred Okwo, Pat Oghre Imobhio, Tope Oshin, Blessing Egbe, Stephanie Linus, Grace Edwin-Okon, OLA Selhurst, Belinda Yanga-Agedah, Adeola Osunkojo, Ema Edosio, Remi Vaughan-Richards, Ronke Macaulay, Funke Fayoyin, Vanessa Nzediegwu and Omoni Oboli.
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The book, according to Adeodokun, is premised on the relatively obscure nature of the director’s role in the filmmaking process and the need to celebrate the women who are making Nigeria proud on this front.
Dignitaries expected at the event include Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos; Toyin Saraki, wife of Senate president and president, Wellbeing Foundation Africa; Omolewa Ahmed, wife of Kwara State governor; Onofiok Luke, speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly; and Hadiza Bala Usman, managing director, Nigerian Ports Authority.
Others are Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, vice-chancellor, Kwara State University; Wale Adenuga, chairman, Wale Adenuga Productions; Bernard Bankole, president, National Association of Nigerian Travel Agents (NANTA), among others. Muli-talented artiste Femi Jacobs will host the public presentation, which is scheduled to take off at 12 pm, while the book will be reviewed by Toni Kan, a writer.
