Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí, Icon on Screen
One of the main chords through which Yorùbá cinema connects with its core target audience – the Yorùbá people both at home and in the diasporas – is the penchant of Yorùbá filmmakers to present core traditional values, mores, philosophies and customs in their works. A significant part of this prese...
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One of the main chords through which Yorùbá cinema connects with its core target audience – the Yorùbá people both at home and in the diasporas – is the penchant of Yorùbá filmmakers to present core traditional values, mores, philosophies and customs in their works. A significant part of this presentation lies in the deliberate choice of actors whose off-screen personas already enjoy public acclamation as knowledgeable ‘masters’ or practitioners of Yorùbá culture and traditions. For over two decades of contemporary Yorùbá cinema practice, Adébáyọ̀ Fáléti ́ remained one of the most prominent and culturally renowned actors that filmmakers have used in portraying, presenting and accentuating different cultural values of the Yorùbá. Long before he became a star film actor, Adébayọ́ Fa ̀ ́leti’s impressive body of works ́ as a poet, theatre artiste, journalist, translator, broadcaster, writer and culture administrator had firmly established his vast knowledge and mastery of Yorùbá language and philosophy. In many films therefore, the appearance of Adébayọ́ ̀ Fáleti in any role, instantly and inevitably transforms that filmic ́ character into a symbol of Yorùbá cultural authenticity, depth and authority. This, arguably, is the function of the veteran Yorùbá actor Fáleti in many no ́ - table and outstanding Yorùbá films from Túndé Kèlání’s Ṣaworoidẹ (1999), Agogo Eè wọ ̀ ̀ (2002), Ẹfuń ṣetan Ani ́ wú rá ̀ (2005), Thunderbolt (2001), to Níji Àkànní’s Arà mọ ̀ tú ̀ (2010) and Muyiwa Adẹmọ́la’s OwóÒkutá (2010). This, this paper examines the manipulation of iconic significations of Adébáyọ̀ Fáleti in ́ Ṣaworoidẹ and Agogo Ẹẹwọ.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a856031edf8741cabd6055b8603a61222025-02-07T13:45:36ZengLibraryPress@UFYoruba Studies Review2473-47132578-692X2021-12-0132Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí, Icon on ScreenToluwanimi Ibikunle 0University of Ibadan One of the main chords through which Yorùbá cinema connects with its core target audience – the Yorùbá people both at home and in the diasporas – is the penchant of Yorùbá filmmakers to present core traditional values, mores, philosophies and customs in their works. A significant part of this presentation lies in the deliberate choice of actors whose off-screen personas already enjoy public acclamation as knowledgeable ‘masters’ or practitioners of Yorùbá culture and traditions. For over two decades of contemporary Yorùbá cinema practice, Adébáyọ̀ Fáléti ́ remained one of the most prominent and culturally renowned actors that filmmakers have used in portraying, presenting and accentuating different cultural values of the Yorùbá. Long before he became a star film actor, Adébayọ́ Fa ̀ ́leti’s impressive body of works ́ as a poet, theatre artiste, journalist, translator, broadcaster, writer and culture administrator had firmly established his vast knowledge and mastery of Yorùbá language and philosophy. In many films therefore, the appearance of Adébayọ́ ̀ Fáleti in any role, instantly and inevitably transforms that filmic ́ character into a symbol of Yorùbá cultural authenticity, depth and authority. This, arguably, is the function of the veteran Yorùbá actor Fáleti in many no ́ - table and outstanding Yorùbá films from Túndé Kèlání’s Ṣaworoidẹ (1999), Agogo Eè wọ ̀ ̀ (2002), Ẹfuń ṣetan Ani ́ wú rá ̀ (2005), Thunderbolt (2001), to Níji Àkànní’s Arà mọ ̀ tú ̀ (2010) and Muyiwa Adẹmọ́la’s OwóÒkutá (2010). This, this paper examines the manipulation of iconic significations of Adébáyọ̀ Fáleti in ́ Ṣaworoidẹ and Agogo Ẹẹwọ. https://ojs.test.flvc.org/ysr/article/view/129991 |
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