> From: Jonathan M Haynes <jhaynes@panther.middlebury.edu>
> re: African film institutes or universities with film programs.
>
> In Nigeria there is the National Film Institute in Jos, which is
> associated with the Nigerian Film Corporation. This is a new
> operation, but they have been giving short courses for a couple of
> years,
> and are now offering a diploma
> program. They are also formalizing a relationship with the University
> of
> Ibadan. Address: 14B Thomas Didel Drive, Liberty Boulevard, P.O. Box
> 693, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. fax (which usualy doesn't work):
> 234 73
> 468 233. The number in the office of the Consulting Director, Dr.
> Hyginus
> Ekwuazi: 234 73 461 199.
>
> There is also a television school in Jos, also run by the government,
> which basicaly services the Nigerian Television Authority.
>
> In Lagos Mainframe Film and Television Productions, which is the
> outfit of
> Tunde Kelani, one of the best Nigerian film and video directors, has
> started a training academy called the Frame Institute. This is also a
> new
> venture, and does not offer academic credentials. tel. 234 1 493
> 7039,
> email mframe@infoweb.abs.net. 16 Seinde Callisto
> Crescent, P.O. Box 4385, Oshodi, Lagos.
>
> It is possible to study film in Theatre Arts departments at various
> of the Nigerian universities,
> up to the Ph.D level, though the programs are all woefully
> underequipped
> and understaffed. The University of Ibadan is or was the best, though
> at
> this moment more or less none of the faculty in media studies are
> around.
> Other Nigerian universities which offer at least some film courses and
> sponsor BA long essays and graduate theses on film include Jos, Benin,
> Calabar, and Port Harcourt. There probably are some others -- for
> instance OAU in Ife used to have the filmmaker Bankole Bello on the
> faculty.. I don't know of any departments that are equipped to give
> much
> practical training at all.
>
> Jonathan Haynes
>
>
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