Event - Stage play "Òṣùpá Alẹ́"
On 22 February 2025, IFRA-Nigeria, in coordination with New Culture Studio in Ibadan, organized a showing of the stage play Òṣùpá Alẹ́, written and directed by Emmanuel Orisunmibare, and produced by Fasiat Busari. The play was entirely in Yoruba and offered a beautiful celebration of Nigerian heritage and culture! It was also a moment of festivity, as there was game and music before and after the event.
This event was held as part of the French Embassy Fund (FEF) "Nigerian Alternative Heritages", which is an instrument of the French Embassy in Nigeria seeking to support Nigerian civil society actors.
On 25 February, IFRA-Nigeria and the National Museum of Unity in Ibadan organized "A Dialogue on Traditional Dance & Music", featuring Dr. Olaolu Emmanuel Adekola, Research Fellow in African Music and Postgraduate Coordinator at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, and Oluyomi Duro Ladipo (Àrólé Àṣà), dancer, singer and stage performer. The event was a memorable one, attracting over 150 participants, among which many pupils from local schools, students from the Music Department of the Polytechnic Ibadan, Lead City University, the Director of the Institute of African Studies in the University of Ibadan Professor Sola Olorunyomi, Miss Ibadan, Commissioner of Culture for Oyo State Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, local traditional authorities, State officials and several members of the Museum Staff.
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