Nigerian creative director, visual artist and filmmaker
Abba T. Makama
Born
Jos, Plateau
Nationality
Nigeria
Other names
Abba Tadurikini Makama
Alma mater
State University of New York at Fredonia, New York University
Notable work
Green White Green, The Lost Okoroshi
Parent(s)
Samu'ila and Julie Makama
Abba T. Makama is a Nigerian writer, director, visual artist and producer. He is known for directing Green White Green and The Lost Okoroshi. He is the founder and the creative director of Osiris Film and Entertainment. His films focus on telling Nigerian stories to a global audience and illustrate how connected and similar the world is regardless of national boundaries. His work is largely inspired by dreams and Jung’s theory of the collective unconscious. His work also explores theme of classism, spirituality, tradition and in genres such as comedy, drama, mockumentary, satire and magical realism.
Abba is a co-founding member of the Surreal 16 collective. Inspired by the Danish cinema movement Dogme 95, Surreal 16 was born from a mutual admiration by three Nigerian filmmakers (Makama, C.J Obasi and Micheal Omonua). They became disillusioned by the abundance of slapstick comedies and wedding films. The Collective set out to diversify output and encourage a new type of cinema. The collective wrote a manifesto containing sixteen rules and guidelines that govern the making of their films. The rules were announced during a panel at Africa International Film Festival 2017 after the screening of their first anthology film Visions. In 2021 Abba and the collective founded the S16 film festival, a platform for the new wave of African cinema that speaks the universal vocabulary of film.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Juju Stories is three-part anthology film exploring juju (magical) stories rooted in Nigerian folklore and urban legend. Abba directed the second segment called "YAM".
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Abba T. Makama is a Nigerian writer, director, visual artist and producer. He is known for directing Green White Green and The Lost Okoroshi. He is the...
directed by C.J. Obasi, AbbaMakama and Michael Omonua. The film features three stories: "Love Potion" by Omonua, "YAM" by Makama, and "Suffer The Witch"...
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have made of the country. Green White Green is produced and directed by AbbaMakama. It stars Ifeanyi Dike, Samuel Robinson and Jammal Ibrahim. Ifeanyi Dike...
installment of Juju Stories, an anthology film directed by C.J. Obasi, AbbaMakama, and Michael Omunua. She received a prize for acting at the Future Awards...
Ikeagwu featured in “Three Thieves”, written by the trio Sammy Egbemawei, AbbaMakama, and Africa Ukoh; and featuring Angel Unigwe. The movie released to cinemas...
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populous city in Nigeria after Lagos. The incumbent governor of the state is Abba Kabir Yusuf. He was sworn in on 29 May 2023. Modern day Kano State was the...
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the Kanuri and Fulani Jobawa clan, the Jobawa clan members include the Makama of Kano and Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila, his maternal grandfather Yakubu Soja...
have clandestinely supported Gandujes opponent during the 2019 elections, Abba Kabir Yusuf. Sanusi failed to show up to official government state functions...
and was succeeded by his cousin Aminu Ado Bayero. On 23 May 2024, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf reinstated him to the throne making him the 16th Fulani emir...
withdrew from the primary election. Misau/Dambam (Bauchi State): Ibrahim Makama Misau (PDP) withdrew from the primary election. Obingwa/Ugwunagbo/Osisioma...
Adjacent to it is a mosque, that shares similarities with the zaure of Gidan Makama in Kano. The structures were constructed between 1850 and 1860, during the...
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