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Olisa Eloka

@olisaeloka16

Screenwriter: Loose Cannon, 77: The FESTAC Conspiracy.

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The producers of Loose Cannon, a short film set against the backdrop of the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970,  have struck a year-long partnership deal with TNC Africa. culturecustodian.com/olisa-eloka-re…

Chinụalụmọgụ Ezenwa-Ọhaeto (@chinuaezenwa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My friend Olisa Eloka did a short film on the Nigeria Civil War. Kindly see this. I am glad my generation is doing wonderful thing to see that everything is documented and even re-imagined. We must not forget. youtu.be/nN_CDy-Lcbo?si…

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In Olisa Eloka's "Loose Cannon", The Biafran war ends, but for one man the fight continues as he battles a most powerful enemy : his own guilt. Watch it here : youtu.be/nN_CDy-Lcbo?si…

Chinụalụmọgụ Ezenwa-Ọhaeto (@chinuaezenwa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Naming of African Poetry Book Fund to be published by Univ Nebraska Press is recognised by Publishers Weekly as one of the anticipated books of fall, 2025. Happy for it to be in the midst of other wonderful writers. I am grateful. Order link: Amazon: a.co/d/6oNpP7n

The Naming of <a href="/AfricanPoetryBF/">African Poetry Book Fund</a> to be published by <a href="/UnivNebPress/">Univ Nebraska Press</a> is recognised by <a href="/PublishersWkly/">Publishers Weekly</a> as one of the anticipated books of fall, 2025. Happy for it to be in the midst of other wonderful writers. I am grateful.

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Amazon: a.co/d/6oNpP7n
Agbala (@ucheeeenna_ugwu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Make your films in Igbo, Pidgin, Tiv , Hausa, Yoruba, Itsekiri and any other Nigerian or other language you fancy. Stories have a universal language, not an English language requirement. Nobody is asking the Koreans why they're only making stuff in Korean.

Olisa Eloka (@olisaeloka16) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After reading Martins Ifije's story, I sought out and visited Mr Chukwu in Suleja in 2019. His condition was depressing. When I spoke with his wife on the phone, my heart broke for them. I'd visit them later in Lagos. I wrote about it here: qmarker.com/after-he-saved…

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Tragically, he lost his brother to the conflict, and the profound grief that followed left his beloved wife permanently blind. Despite promises of honor and compensation from the Federal Government, he received nothing, abandoned to endure anguish and hardship. It is

Tragically, he lost his brother to the conflict, and the profound grief that followed left his beloved wife permanently blind. 

Despite promises of honor and compensation from the Federal Government, he received nothing, abandoned to endure anguish and hardship. 

It is
Olisa Eloka (@olisaeloka16) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I think every beginner in any endeavour should work intimately with the best. Being with the best doesn't come cheap. You will see different brands of shege working with them. You will cry for your mother. But if you persist, in the end, you'll be like metal freshly out of fire.

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The older you get as a guy, the truer this verse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow rings: "Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad."

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While there were numerous cases like this at the end of the war, there is no chapter in Madiebo's book (in the first and latest editions) that this incident was reported. We can make our case without false illustrations.

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I learnt screenwriting is something you do full-time if you really want to make something out of it. Not something you do when you're bored or tipsy. It's a greedy lover that demands your good and your shitty mood. No fence-sitting. You're in or out. Simple and square as that.

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I didn't know how much I missed talking about literature till one of my close friends visited. Morning, afternoon, night -- a whole week we were talking books, agreeing and disagreeing, and I just couldn't have enough. There are people that just press that button in you.