Tam Fiofori
Tam Fiofori (an haifeshi a shekara ta 1942 kuma ya mutu a ranar 25 ga Yuni, 2024), [1] wanda aka fi sani da " Uncle Tam ", [2] mai ɗaukar hoto ne na Najeriya. Fiofori ya yi fice a albam ɗinsa na tarihin Najeriya, Fiofor kuma mai shirya fina-finai ne, marubuci, mai suka kuma mai bayar da shawara kan harkokin yaɗa labarai. [3] Batun fina-finansa sun haɗa da mawaƙan Najeriya Biodun Olaku, JD 'Okhai Ojeikere da Olu Amoda. Yawancin tafiya, Fiofori ya zauna a Harlem, New York, a cikin 1960s, ya zama manajan Sun Ra, kuma yana samar da rubuce-rubucen da ake la'akari da "haɗin kafa tsakanin Ra wanda watakil a san shi da Afrofuturism". [2]
Tam Fiofori | |
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | Okrika, 1942 |
ƙasa | Najeriya |
Mutuwa | 25 ga Yuni, 2024 |
Karatu | |
Harsuna | Turanci |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | mai daukar hoto, darakta da ɗan jarida |
IMDb | nm3786271 |
Rayuwar farko da ilimi
gyara sasheAn haife shi a Okrika a Jihar Ribas, Fiofori ya girma a cikin garin Benin, inda mahaifinsa, Emmanuel Fiofori, ya koyar a Kwalejin Edo.[4]
Fiofori ya yi karatu a King's College, Legas, inda ya ci gaba da karatun jami'a a King's College London, kafin ya mayar da hankalinsa ga rubuce-rubuce da kiɗa.[5]
Sana'a
gyara sasheYin balaguro da yawa tun daga 1960s, Fiofori ya zama abokin tarayya a Amurka na Sun Ra.[6][7] A cewar Tashar Sararin Samaniya ta Pan African, "Daga baya Uncle Tam ya gayyaci Sun Ra zuwa Legas don bikin FESTAC 77, ya kai shi Jamhuriyar Kalakuta; kuma ya yi rubutu game da shi duka a cikin mujallar Glendora Review ta Najeriya."[2][8]
Fiofori shine Editan Kiɗa na Farko / Editan Kiɗa na Lantarki na DownBeat, kuma ya rubuta don sauran fasaha da wallafe-wallafen da yawa a cikin Amurka da Turai - daga cikin su International Times [9] da Mujallar Canji [10] - kuma an yaba da kasancewa "ya fi yawa. wanda ke da alhakin kawo ƙere-ƙere na baƙar fata ga wayewar ƙasar Amurka a cikin waɗancan kwanaki na shekarun 1970s". [11] An buga rubutunsa akai-akai tsawon shekaru a cikin kewayon kantunan Najeriya, gami da jaridar NEXT, [12] da blog ɗin Shekèrè. [11]
Fiofori ya kasance mashawarcin fina-finai ga Majalisar Jihar Ribas don Fasaha da Al'adu, daraktan jerin shirye-shiryen Documentary na Jihar Ribas, kuma mai ba da shawara/marubuci ga NTA Network akan Documentaries. Ya kuma kafa ƙungiyar masu ɗaukar hoto ta Nijeriya (PAN). [13]
An nuna aikinsa a Afirka, Turai da Amurka, ciki har da Odum da Water Masquerades (1974), wanda aka nuna a FESTAC '77, Tampere Film Festival, 10th FESPACO, Ouagadougou, 1987, Pan African Writers' Association, Accra, Ghana, da kuma 1979: Binciken Tarihi da Al'adu. [13]
Littattafansa sun haɗa da "print documentary" A Benin Coronation: Oba Erediauwa (2011). [4] Kamar yadda marubucin ya bayyana: “Tsarin aikin jarida na littafin a fasahance ya tanadi shafi 84 na hotuna masu ɗauke da hotuna kusan 150 na asali, tare da rubutu guda 72; duk game da bukukuwan sarautar birnin Benin na Oba Erediauwa a matsayin Oba na 38 na Masarautar Benin, daga 23 zuwa 30 ga Maris, 1979." [4] Jaridar Guardian ta Najeriya ta yanke hukuncin cewa Fiofori "ya zana hoto mai ban sha'awa", kuma ya ce: "Marubucin ya ɗauki nauyin fassarar daular Benin kuma ya ba da cikakken bayani game da mulkin shekaru 45 na Oba Akenzua II. wanda ya fara a ranar 5 ga Afrilu, 1933.... Tam Fiofori ya samu ta hanyar littafinsa na farko mai suna A Benin Coronation: Oba Erediauwa, wanda ya baiwa Najeriya da sauran ƙasashen duniya wani karatu maras lokaci a cikin manyan al'adun gargajiya." [4]
Shi ne mai ba da gudummawa ga littafin 2018 African Photographer J. A. Green: Re-imagining the Indigenous and the Colonial (wanda Martha G. Anderson da Lisa Aronson suka shirya), a cikin bita wanda Lindsay Barrett ya kira Fiofori a matsayin "Harkokin daukar hoto na Najeriya" . [14]
Kyauta
gyara sasheDaga cikin karramawar da Fiofori ya samu akwai kyaututtuka daga ƙungiyar Marubuta ta Pan African Writers' Association (PAWA), [15] iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival, [16] da Music in Africa. [17]
Fina-finai
gyara sasheNune-nunen
gyara sashe- 2006/7: Bayelsa @ 10. Yenagoa, Abuja.[Ana bukatan hujja]
- 2010: 1979: A Peep into History and Culture. Oba's Palace, Benin City; Hexagon, Benin City[23]
Duba kuma
gyara sashe- Jerin masu shirya fina-finan Najeriya
Manazarta
gyara sashe- ↑ Oliver Enwonwu and Oyindamola Olaniyan, "Leading Photographers Based in Nigeria (Part One)" Archived 2023-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, Omenka, 4 February 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Tam Fiofiri- The Speed of Thought", The Pan African Space Station (PASS).
- ↑ Adie Vanessa Offiong, "Tam Fiofori: Telling Nigeria’s story in pictures"[permanent dead link], Daily Trust, 2 October 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Uzor Maxim Uzoat, "The abiding relevance of Erediauwa" Archived 2023-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian (Nigeria), 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Jimoh, Michael (15 May 2022). "Meeting Tam Fiofori". The Will. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ↑ Thom Holmes, "Sun Ra & the Minimoog", Bob Moog Foundation, 6 November 2013.
- ↑ Tam Fiofori, "Sun Ra: Myth, Music & Media", Glendora Review, African Quarterly on the Arts, vol. 3, No. 3 and 4.
- ↑ "Sun Ra: Myth, Music & Media", Review, African Quarterly on the Arts, vol. 3, No. 3 and 4, cited in Thom Holmes, "Electronic Jazz--The Early History (Part 5): Sun Ra and Early Synthesizer Jazz (1969-70)" Archived 2018-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, Noise and Notations, 9 December 2012.
- ↑ International Times Archive Archived 2018-12-02 at the Wayback Machine 1969.
- ↑ Michael Fitzgerald, "A Bibliography of Change Magazine", Current Research in Jazz 1, (2009).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Shèkèrè Columnists | Quintessence by Tam Fiofori", Shèkèrè.
- ↑ Jason Pitzl-Waters, "The 'New Religion’s' Crusade Against Art" Archived 2018-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, The Wild Hunt, 22 November 2009.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Holloway, Shehu, Arulogun, Fiofori for Honours at Film Fest", The Nigerian Voice, 20 January 2011.
- ↑ Lindsay Barrett, "A historic legacy in pictures" Archived 2023-10-11 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian (Nigeria), 7 March 2018.
- ↑ Chronicles of PAWA Activities (1989 -2013) Archived 2023-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, October 1992, PAWA.
- ↑ "Holloway, Shehu, Arulogun, Fiofori for Honours at Film Fest", NigeriaFilms.com.
- ↑ Ed Keazor, "Music In Africa celebrates Nigerian Music anniversary at Social Media Week", Music In Africa, 30 January 2015.
- ↑ DatboyJerry, "#LCA2016: Lights Camera Africa Film Festival List – Synopses & Trailers" Archived 2020-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, 360NoBS, 26 September 2016.
- ↑ Lauren Said-Moorhouse, "'A love letter to Nigeria': The master photographer who captured nation's life", African Voices, CNN, 13 October 2014.
- ↑ "Film Screening: J.D Ojeikere, The Master Photographer" Archived 2022-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, African Artists' Foundation, March 2016.
- ↑ "Olu Amoda: A Metallic Journey" Archived 2015-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, Lights Camera Africa!!!.
- ↑ Amarachukwu Iwuala, "#Nollywood Movie Review Of ‘Olu Amoda: The Modern-Day Archaeologist’" Archived 2018-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, 360NoBS, 28 April 2015.
- ↑ "Tam Fiofori images exhibited in Benin Palace", nigeriang.com, 28 April 2010.
Hanyoyin haɗi na waje
gyara sashe- Tam Fiofori's Place
- Tam Fiofori[permanent dead link] at Artslant magazine