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Ola Balogun

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Ola Balogun (born 1 August 1945) is a Nigerian filmmaker and scriptwriter. [1]

39 relations: Aba, Abia, Adebayo Faleti, Adeyemi Afolayan, Albert Hall (actor), Babalawo, Babangida, Black Goddess, Caen, Celluloid, Christopher Miles, Duro Ladipo, Eastern Region, Nigeria, Embrafilme, Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation (Nigeria), Filmmaking, France, Ghana, Guerrilla warfare, Hubert Ogunde, Igbo language, Imo State, Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, King's College, Lagos, Law, Meja Mwangi, Moses Olaiya, Music industry, Nigeria, Nigerian Civil War, Nigerian Pidgin, Nigerians, Obafemi Awolowo University, Paris, Prunella Gee, Screenwriter, Shango, Yoruba literature, Yoruba people, 12th Moscow International Film Festival.

Aba, Abia

Aba is a city in the southeast of Nigeria and the commercial center of Abia State.

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Adebayo Faleti

Adebayo Faleti (26 December 1921 – 23 July 2017) was Africa's first newscaster, Africa's first stage play Director, Africa's first film editor and librarian with the first television station in Africa (WNTV/WNBS), Nigeria's first Yoruba presenter on Television and radio alike, a Nigerian poet, journalist, writer, Nollywood films Director and actor.

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Adeyemi Afolayan

Adeyemi Afolayan (also known as Ade Love) was a Nigerian film actor, director and producer.

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Albert Hall (actor)

Albert W. Hall (born November 10, 1937) is an American actor.

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Babalawo

Babaaláwo or Babalawo (Babalao or Babalaô in Latin America; literally meaning 'father of the mysteries' in the Yoruba language) is a spiritual title that denotes a priest of the Ifá oracle.

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Babangida

Babangida is a Nigerian surname.

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Black Goddess

Black Goddess or A Deusa Negra is a 1978 Nigerian-Brazilian film written and directed by Ola Balogun.

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Caen

Caen (Norman: Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France.

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Celluloid

Celluloids are a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, with added dyes and other agents.

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Christopher Miles

Christopher Miles (born 19 April 1939) is a British film director, producer and screenwriter.

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Duro Ladipo

Duro Ladipọ (1931–1978) was one of the best known and critically acclaimed Yoruba dramatists who emerged from postcolonial Africa.

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Eastern Region, Nigeria

The Eastern Region was an administrative region in Nigeria, dating back originally from the division of the colony Southern Nigeria in 1954.

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Embrafilme

Embrafilme was the Brazilian State funded company created in 1969 for production and distribution of Brazilian movies.

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Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation (Nigeria)

The Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation is a former ministry in the Government of Nigeria.

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Filmmaking

Filmmaking (or, in an academic context, film production) is the process of making a film, generally in the sense of films intended for extensive theatrical exhibition.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.

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Hubert Ogunde

Chief Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, D.Lit. (10 July 1916 – 4 April 1990) was a Nigerian actor, playwright, theatre manager, and musician who founded the first contemporary professional theatrical company in Nigeria, the African Music Research Party, in 1945.

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Igbo language

Igbo (Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh), is the principal native language of the Igbo people, an ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria.

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Imo State

Imo is one of the 36 states of Nigeria and lies in the South East of Nigeria.

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Institut des hautes études cinématographiques

L'Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC; the "Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies") is a French film school, founded during World War II under the leadership of Marcel L'Herbier who was its president from 1944 to 1969.

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King's College, Lagos

King's College, Lagos is a secondary school in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Law

Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.

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Meja Mwangi

Meja Mwangi (born 27 December 1948) is one of Kenya's leading novelists.

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Moses Olaiya

Moses Olaiya (born 1936), better known by his stage name "Baba Sala", is a Nigerian comedian, dramatist and actor.

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Music industry

The music industry consists of the companies and individuals that earn money by creating new songs and pieces and selling live concerts and shows, audio and video recordings, compositions and sheet music, and the organizations and associations that aid and represent music creators.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Nigerian Civil War

The Nigerian Civil War, commonly known as the Biafran War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), was a war fought between the government of Nigeria and the secessionist state of Biafra.

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Nigerian Pidgin

Nigerian Pidgin is an English-based pidgin and creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria.

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Nigerians

Nigerians or Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria.

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Obafemi Awolowo University

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government owned and operated Nigerian university.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Prunella Gee

Prunella Gee (born 17 February 1950) is an English actress, best known for her work in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Screenwriter

A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter for short), scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, comics or video games, are based.

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Shango

Ṣàngó (Yoruba language: Ṣàngó, also known as Changó or Xangô in Latin America; and also known as Jakuta or Badé) (from '.

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Yoruba literature

Yoruba literature is the spoken and written literature of the Yoruba people, one of the largest ethno-linguistic groups in Nigeria and in the rest of Africa.

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Yoruba people

The Yoruba people (name spelled also: Ioruba or Joruba;, lit. 'Yoruba lineage'; also known as Àwon omo Yorùbá, lit. 'Children of Yoruba', or simply as the Yoruba) are an ethnic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin.

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12th Moscow International Film Festival

The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ola_Balogun

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