
Socio-political consideration of Kunle Afolayan’s directorial experiment in October 1
Author(s) -
Nicholas Efe Akpore,
Adewale Oyewo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
ekpoma journal of theatre and media arts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2449-1179
pISSN - 2006-1838
DOI - 10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.23
Subject(s) - politics , negotiation , style (visual arts) , syncretism (linguistics) , political science , sociology , history , law , archaeology , philosophy , linguistics
This article posits that Kunle Afolayan’s directorial experimentation in October 1 had socio-political underpinnings. Among others, it X-rays the directorial style of Kunle Afolayan and initiates a syncretism of Afolayan’s directorial experimentation in October 1 and the sole objective of galvanizing the masses towards a radical socio-political change. The paper brings to the fore that Kunle Afolayan’s directing is hinged on the via- media theory which allows the director to negotiate freely; this in turn made his film a huge success. The paper submits that Kunle Afolayan as a director roots his directorial experiments in October 1 on the socio-political rejuvenation of Nigeria and his penchant for the projection of African cultural aesthetics was not left out.