Tam Fiofori

Mai daukar hoto na Najeriya

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
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
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Rayuwar farko da ilimi

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An 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]

Yin 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]

Daga 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

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  • Odum and Water Masquerades, 1974
  • Biodun Olaku: Nigerian Painter[18]
  • J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere: Master Photographer[19][20]
  • Olu Amoda: A Metallic Journey, 2015 (60 mins)[21][22]

Nune-nunen

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  • 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

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  • Jerin masu shirya fina-finan Najeriya

Manazarta

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  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Tam Fiofiri- The Speed of Thought", The Pan African Space Station (PASS).
  3. Adie Vanessa Offiong, "Tam Fiofori: Telling Nigeria’s story in pictures"[permanent dead link], Daily Trust, 2 October 2010.
  4. 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.
  5. Jimoh, Michael (15 May 2022). "Meeting Tam Fiofori". The Will. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. Thom Holmes, "Sun Ra & the Minimoog", Bob Moog Foundation, 6 November 2013.
  7. Tam Fiofori, "Sun Ra: Myth, Music & Media", Glendora Review, African Quarterly on the Arts, vol. 3, No. 3 and 4.
  8. "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.
  9. International Times Archive Archived 2018-12-02 at the Wayback Machine 1969.
  10. Michael Fitzgerald, "A Bibliography of Change Magazine", Current Research in Jazz 1, (2009).
  11. 11.0 11.1 "Shèkèrè Columnists | Quintessence by Tam Fiofori", Shèkèrè.
  12. 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. 13.0 13.1 "Holloway, Shehu, Arulogun, Fiofori for Honours at Film Fest", The Nigerian Voice, 20 January 2011.
  14. Lindsay Barrett, "A historic legacy in pictures" Archived 2023-10-11 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian (Nigeria), 7 March 2018.
  15. Chronicles of PAWA Activities (1989 -2013) Archived 2023-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, October 1992, PAWA.
  16. "Holloway, Shehu, Arulogun, Fiofori for Honours at Film Fest", NigeriaFilms.com.
  17. Ed Keazor, "Music In Africa celebrates Nigerian Music anniversary at Social Media Week", Music In Africa, 30 January 2015.
  18. DatboyJerry, "#LCA2016: Lights Camera Africa Film Festival List – Synopses & Trailers" Archived 2020-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, 360NoBS, 26 September 2016.
  19. Lauren Said-Moorhouse, "'A love letter to Nigeria': The master photographer who captured nation's life", African Voices, CNN, 13 October 2014.
  20. "Film Screening: J.D Ojeikere, The Master Photographer" Archived 2022-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, African Artists' Foundation, March 2016.
  21. "Olu Amoda: A Metallic Journey" Archived 2015-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, Lights Camera Africa!!!.
  22. Amarachukwu Iwuala, "#Nollywood Movie Review Of ‘Olu Amoda: The Modern-Day Archaeologist’" Archived 2018-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, 360NoBS, 28 April 2015.
  23. "Tam Fiofori images exhibited in Benin Palace", nigeriang.com, 28 April 2010.

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

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