I would like to frame this talk on the fate and fortune of the underserved in Nigeria’s artworld around the general definition of culture, to help us contextualise an agenda for change in the structure of arts partnership.
The choice of the title – ‘Identity and Culture in the Fate and Fortune of the Underserved: Agenda for Nigeria 2023’ – is deliberate, as it is designed to guide us through an exploration of the connection between our identity as artistes and the cultural precepts that bind us together.
In our case, this is very important, as it not only defines us, it also describes us and locates us in the multiverse of people, in the community of artists, and in our own group or individual silos. Culture therefore provides the foundation for both the individual and collective image, which we have of ourselves, and which people have of us, of our identity as artistes, since it is both a intellectual and visual ideological expression of the totality of our activities and life processes.
You may call this the personal stamp or the signature; the difference between, say, Bolanle Austen-Peters of Terra-Kulture and Segun Adefila of Crown Troupes of Africa, or the identification criteria between poet Odia Ofeimun and performance-poet Akeem Lasisi, and between cineaste Femi Odugbemi and cinematographer Tunde Kelani.
Culture is a good thing to have, to be aware of, to be proud of, and therein lies the problem of culture, which we must acknowledge; otherwise, we shall continue to wallow in our little pools of masturbatory insignificance. The problem is that those things, that make culture good and that enhance our life, and our output as artists, are also the very things that make culture dangerous.
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