The kingkoko story is one of the most important historical events in precolonial Niger Delta that has global cogency. It is a story that displays unusual heroism, doggedness and collective sense of nationhood.
At the nucleus of this, is a warrior -KING, KING KOKO who rises against British economic, political, cultural and religious subjugation by attacking and organising war against the imperial forces of Britain in the Niger Delta.
It is significant to note that, of all the traditional Kings and warlords that resisted British incursion in Nigeria, KING KOKO remains in history as the only radical king who fought against British soldiers and did not face trial and extradition.
This is a unique story that has not been told from the Nembe/ijaw perspective in film. This proposed film will provide the authentic account of the Nembe uprising and war against the British. It will be told correctly, historically and aesthetically in such a manner that has not been told before in the presentation of Nembe/British story.
This film when made and marketed, will roundly and resoundingly give visibility to ijaw culture to the global arena, fascinate global research es to this untold history and draw huge economic benefit to Ijawland.
The said KING KOKO film is essentially predicated on the backward historical visualization and authentic presentation of his 1895 revolutionary history in audio-visual form. A fundamental aspect of the history is that Akassa raid was ably led by King Fredrick William Koko, Mingi VIII, Amayanabo of Ancient Nembe kingdom and King of the Brass people in 1895.
The initiator of this great is, Timipre sylva Azikiwe Olali, Nollywood Actor/ Producer, chairman kingKOKO film project team, SA. Entertainment to the IYC central zone chairman. The king Koko film project is designed to produce a mega film of two seasons around king Fredrick William Koko, one of the most momentous traditional rulers of the 19th century in the Niger Delta who resisted British imperialism. It is a very tall and wide project that will bring together the cream de la cream in the film industry Notable Nigeria film legends. And their colleagues in Hollywood have already been contacted to translate the vision of this project into concrete reality. For proper and adequate filmic touch, scholars and artistes across departments, historians, popular and new actors drawn from the local environment of the film’s setting will be engaged.
Another importance) this movie will bring the authentic version of kingKOKO’s revolutionary struggle against the Royal Niger company closer to the world and it’s historians. This movie is important to the people of Nembe, ijaw and Bayelsa in general and it’s registration of Nembe/Bayelsa state in the global film map of the world with huge economic importance capable of altering the course of history.
It is signidicant to note, that this project will provide economic empowerment and artistic exposure/ enlightenment to talented artists of ijaw stock and present them as active participants in the artistic narration of their own historical experiences.
An individual or organization that endorses this all-important project stands to reap huge economic gains including the attendant global visibility, the exclusive preserve of this business of film.
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