Ep 72: Awani Film, Aderonke Adeola - Interrogating Pre-Colonial African Female Identity

@Aderonke is a writer, filmmaker and director, her 2018 documentary Awani Film was screened at over 15 film festivals around the world and won the UNESCO prize from the Belgium UNESCO Commission

 

In this Episode we discuss:

• The traditional organization system utilized by African women to inspire political action through movements like the Aba Women's Riot of 1929 
• The impact of colonial on gender inequality in Nigeria
• Colonial cultural inheritance versus cultural values systems that are authentically African
• In the invasion of Arabs before European presence and the lasting effects both foreign presence left on Northern Nigerian

 

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Notable Nigerian figures mentioned

• Queen Amina of Zaria - Queen Warrior 16th Century Nigeria 
• Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti - Suffragist & Political Activist (mother of Fela Kuti) 
• Stella McIntosh - First Nigerian Women to receive an MBA in the US - 1953 
• Margret Ekpo - Political Activist in Colonial Nigeria 

 

Awani was not only captivating but answered questions I did not even realized I had as an African, Nigerian and Yoruba woman. Be sure to connect with Aderonke and catch a clip of Awani Film

 

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