Ajani Ogun

  • Ajani Ogun
Genre : Comedy
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1976
Format : Feature
Running time : 120 (in minutes)

The titular hero Ajani-Ogun is a young hunter who tries to regain his late father's land, which had been wrested from his mother by a corrupt official. In the process, he must fight against traditional authorities as well as modern corruption.

A film by Ola Balogun

Nigeria, 1976, fiction, 120‘, OV/EnglS, color, 35 mm (shot in 16 mm)

starring Duro Ladipo and his theater company, Mope Ilori, Ade Afolayan

Nigerian cinema's first box office hit.

AJANI-OGUN was made in collaboration with the well-known theatre-maker Duro Ladipo, who also wrote the music that was released on LP at the same time as the film.

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Zwischen Musikfilm (dabei stark von dem in Nigeria seinerzeit populären Bollywood-Kino inspiriert), Humoreske und Rachedrama angesiedelt, war dies der erste Kassenerfolg des nigerianischen Kinos, der zugleich die Yoruba-Wandertheater-Kultur in den Film einführte.

Ein film von Ola Balogun

Nigeria, 1976, fiction, 120‘, Yoruba mit eng./frz. UT 35 mm (shot in 16 mm)

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