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Famous Nigerian novelist and essayist Chinua Achebe (16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) with Jason Hansjürgen Pohland (December 4, 1934 in Berlin - May 17, 2014) and a Nigerian soldier on the location of "Bullfrog in the Sun" in Ibadan in 1970. Directed by Jason Pohland and produced by Francis Oladele, the Father of Nigerian Cinema.
"Bullfrog in the Sun" is the film adaptation of two of the classic novels of Chinua Achebe; "Things Fall Apart" and "No Longer At Ease".
This photograph and others are included in the third edition of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series which the delay in the publication has given me the advantage of only including the best content .
The Art Director remains Juvelin Aripal and printers are still in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. And I am still the Publisher/Editor of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series, the first book series on the Nigerian film industry.
Researching and processing the materials for the publication have been totally financed by me without any financial support from anyone else or organisation. It is worth it, because even the great German filmmaker, Jason Pohland appreciated it as we corresponded before he passed on, on the beach at Mandelieu-la-Napoule whilst attending the Cannes Film Festival in 2014 . I treasure his emails, because they are important collector's items in the history of motion picture and literature.
The following is his first email to me:
From: <JasonPohland@aol.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Subject: Re: THINGS FALL APART
To: publisher@nigeriansreport.com
Cc: JasonPohland@aol.com
Dear Michael Chima,
yes, My name is Hansjuergen , but also called JASON POHLAND.
I directed this movie.
But I myself are looking for a print of the movie.
Where is Francis OLADELE now?
If you find one, please inform me, so we can secure the material.
Also if you find posters etc.
Good to have contact with you.
Best JASON
www.POHLAND-JASON.com
I also have his notes on the production of the film.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature is the biggest prize in African literature worth US$100,000 to the winner. It is fully sponsored by the Nigeria LNG Limited, that founded it in 2004 for outstanding literary works by Nigerian authors in Nigeria.
The prize rotates among four genres; fiction, poetry, drama and children’s literature: repeating the cycle every four years.
I was opportuned to be with the inaugural members of the organising committee during their meeting in 2004, at the Federal Palace Hotel & Casino on Victoria Island, Lagos. I went there to meet with the famous Nigerian novelist, Eddie Iroh and Ms. Siene Allwell-Brown, the famous broadcaster at the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) who was now, the General Manager for External Affairs of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Limited. The Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo was there. His beautiful daughter, Elizabeth Banjo came second to me when I won the first prize in a national essay competition sponsored by the Pop Magazine for children and teens in 1976.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature is laudable for improving the welfare of the winners. But it has not improved the literary culture of Nigeria. It has failed to achieve what other coveted literary prizes have achieved in America, Europe, Asia and Australia where winning a major prize for literature makes the winner a bestselling author by boosting the celebrity status, increasing the popularity and increasing the demand for the winning author and the winning book like the Pulitzer Prize in America and the Booker Prize in the UK. The news will make local and international headlines and will increase the public appreciation and sales of the books among readers. But contrary to our expectations, majority of literate people in Nigeria don't even know the titles of the winning books of the Nigeria Prize for Literature. If you doubt me, do a public opinion on radio and TV on the streets of Lagos, Abuja and other cities in the country, and you will see how clueless and ignorant majority of Nigerians are about the so called most prestigious literary prize in Africa and the winning books.
What makes it prestigious? The prestige of the worth of the cash prize of US$100, 000 or the intellectual esteem of the winning authors?
The sponsor of the Nigeria Prize for Literature and their public relations company have failed to use the prize for the appreciation of the reading culture which is most vital to the improvement of the literary culture of Nigeria where majority of Nigerians don't read books, except for the recommended text books for pupils and students. Majority of Nigerians stop reading after graduation and after their professional examinations.
Just handing out US$100, 000 to the author of the book selected as best entry in the national competition is not enough to improve the lives of Nigerian authors and improve the literary culture of Nigeria without making sure that Nigerians read their books and celebrate their literary achievements as examplary role models worthy of emulation in the inspiration for outstanding success in human development and the advancement of modern civilisation in Nigeria.
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka sitting with Adeleke Adeyemi and his wife Wosilat Adeyemi at the event of The Nigeria Prize for Literature award ceremony on February 6, 2012, at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) on Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
The Federal Ministry of Education and ministries of education in the 36 states and Abuja should be involved in the appreciation of the Nigeria Prize for Literature to make recommendations for the winning books to be included in the selections for reading booklists of primary and secondary schools and tertiary institutions. For example, I recommended that Adeleke Adeyemi's Children's story book, "The Missing Clock", that won the Nigeria Prize for Literature in 2011 should be on the reading list for primary schools in Nigeria and in particularly in Ekiti state, the state of origin of the author. And the Federal Ministry of Education should purchase as many copies as possible for distribution to all the public schools in the country. The prize winning authors should have interviews on radio and TV and the governors of their states should celebrate them.
There should be reading and book signing tours for the winning authors to selected schools and tertiary institutions; to clubs like the Ikoyi Club, Metropolitan Club, Capital Club, Ikeja Country Club and other locations that will increase the appreciation and cultivation of literary culture in the Nigerian society.
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Tall As the Boabab
A powerful voice from Africa's young generation, Tall as the Baobab Tree poignantly depicts a family struggling to find its footing at the outer edge of the modern world… where questions of right and wrong are not always black and white.
Coumba and her little sister Debo are the first to leave their family's remote African village, where meals are prepared over open fires and water is drawn from wells, to attend school in the bustling city. But when an accident suddenly threatens their family's survival, their father decides to sell 11-year-old Debo into an arranged marriage. Torn between loyalty to her elders and her dreams for the future, Coumba hatches a secret plan to rescue her young sister from a fate she did not choose.
On the edge of the modern world in rural Africa, Coumba hatches a secret plan to help her 11-year-old sister escape a forced marriage.
Gand Comme Le Baobab poignantly tells the story of a family conflict on the edge of the modern world ... where questions of wrong or reason are not always as simple as black and white.
Coumba and her younger sister Debo are the first to leave their remote African village - where meals are prepared over wood fires, water drawn from wells, and baobab trees dominate the landscape - to go to school in the big city . When an accident occurs that threatens the survival of the family, their father considers forcing Debo into a forced marriage. Torn between the deep-rooted traditions of her village and the dream of a better future, Coumba imagines a secret plan to save her sister from the fate imposed on her.
Inspired by real events, the first feature film in the Pulaar language, Grand Comme Le Baobab is the first feature film by Jeremy Teicher, finalist of the 38th Annual Student Competition of the Academy of Films of Art and Sciences.
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