Tororo Festival, which started on Wednesday, August 19 in Ejigbo, Lagos State will end today. Conceived by the artist Jelili Atiku, it opened with lectures by Olu Okekanye and Washington Uba at the Ejigbo Town Hall, Lanfenwa Street, Ejigbo from 2pm to 4pm.
Okekanye and Uba’s lectures were delivered on the theme ‘Mobilising Culture for Future’.
“Okekanye is a theatre and visual arts practictioner with interest in independent arts and crafts,” said the statement Atiku released to the media.
He who has participated in several stage productions within and outside Nigeria, is known for his role in Narrow Path a film by Mainframe productions. He is also the current deputy chairman of the Association of Nigerian Authors (Lagos Chapter) and co-hosts a radio show on University of Lagos (UNILAG) FM.
“He is always out for the best in creativity,” Atiku stated.
Over the past eight years, Uba has concerned himself with the lowest end of the Nigerian social fabric, said Atiku. Having worked for charity for about 15 years, he encountered the seeming failure of humans to bring the “touch of sympathy” into their endeavours and interactions.
Since 2005, Uba began pictorial documentation of the extremely poor of the Nigerian society with a mission to highlight their plight and galvanise attention from the general public on their needs and welfare, as well as to raise funds in aid for their upkeep.
The festival, which has featured arts and music performances, among other activities, closes today.
