Murmures
Répression des artistes au Nigeria
janvier 2016 | Faits de société | Histoire/société | Nigeria
Source : Artwatch Afrika / Arterial Network
English
There have been a number of troubling incidents in the Nigerian arts sector during December 2015 and January 2016.
1.) Jelili Atiku arrested
Jelili Atiku, a Nigerian citizen from the Ejigbo community and a prominent member of the Lagos art community was arrested on Monday 18 January 2016 as a result of a public performance four days earlier. He was hurriedly arraigned and subsequently remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison for three days before being allowed bail.
http://www.olisa.tv/2016/01/19/visual-artist-jelili-atiku-arrested-over-performance-in-ejigbo-lagos-state/
The hearing resumes on February 1, 2016, with Atiku arraigned on criminal charges of « constituting public disturbance, and inciting the public with his performance of January 14, 2016 », and conspiring with four others to « commit felony » with his art. Atiku is a 2015 winner of the prestigious Prince Claus Fund laureate award.
CORA-Arterial Network Nigeria and the Nigerian Society of Artists have undertaken meetings with various government and Ministry officials, and the police, as part of the campaign for criminal charges against the artist to be dropped.
Concerned parties are encouraged to sign the online petition in support of the artist.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-to-drop-criminal-charges-against-artist
2.) Author imprisoned
A High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the state capital, committed author Nengi Joseph Ilagha to prison over a libel case between the Amayanabo of Nembe Kingdom, King Edmund Daukoru and the author, arising from Illagha’s novel Epistle to Maduabebe. Ilagha, who was without legal representation in court, has been in prison since 14 December.
http://thenationonlineng.net/how-bayelsa-author-wrote-his-way-to-rivers-prison/
3.) Demolition of Artist Village in Lagos
In the early hours of Saturday, 23 January, the National Council for Arts and Culture Artists Village which houses Arts Studios, Dance studios and Artist Workshops were demolished on the instruction of the General Manager of the National Theatre of Nigeria, Kabiru Yusuf Yar Adua. A number of artists were injured, one was shot in the leg.
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/01/25/rumble-in-arts-city-as-national-theatre-artists-village-is-leveled/
Later that day, the Honorable Minister for Information and Culture came to address and reassure the Resident Artists that the injured would get support for their treatment in hospital and that those who are legitimate residents would be duly compensated for damage done to their structures. The Honourable Minister confirmed that he asked Kabiru to demolish shanties at the back of the Artists’ Village but not Arts Studios and structures in the NCAC Artists’ Village itself.
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/01/25/rumble-in-arts-city-as-national-theatre-artists-village-is-leveled/
At a press conference on Tuesday 26 January, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, insisted that compensation should be paid to artistes whose structures were pulled down.
http://qed.ng/?p=19916
1.) Jelili Atiku arrested
Jelili Atiku, a Nigerian citizen from the Ejigbo community and a prominent member of the Lagos art community was arrested on Monday 18 January 2016 as a result of a public performance four days earlier. He was hurriedly arraigned and subsequently remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison for three days before being allowed bail.
http://www.olisa.tv/2016/01/19/visual-artist-jelili-atiku-arrested-over-performance-in-ejigbo-lagos-state/
The hearing resumes on February 1, 2016, with Atiku arraigned on criminal charges of « constituting public disturbance, and inciting the public with his performance of January 14, 2016 », and conspiring with four others to « commit felony » with his art. Atiku is a 2015 winner of the prestigious Prince Claus Fund laureate award.
CORA-Arterial Network Nigeria and the Nigerian Society of Artists have undertaken meetings with various government and Ministry officials, and the police, as part of the campaign for criminal charges against the artist to be dropped.
Concerned parties are encouraged to sign the online petition in support of the artist.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-to-drop-criminal-charges-against-artist
2.) Author imprisoned
A High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the state capital, committed author Nengi Joseph Ilagha to prison over a libel case between the Amayanabo of Nembe Kingdom, King Edmund Daukoru and the author, arising from Illagha’s novel Epistle to Maduabebe. Ilagha, who was without legal representation in court, has been in prison since 14 December.
http://thenationonlineng.net/how-bayelsa-author-wrote-his-way-to-rivers-prison/
3.) Demolition of Artist Village in Lagos
In the early hours of Saturday, 23 January, the National Council for Arts and Culture Artists Village which houses Arts Studios, Dance studios and Artist Workshops were demolished on the instruction of the General Manager of the National Theatre of Nigeria, Kabiru Yusuf Yar Adua. A number of artists were injured, one was shot in the leg.
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/01/25/rumble-in-arts-city-as-national-theatre-artists-village-is-leveled/
Later that day, the Honorable Minister for Information and Culture came to address and reassure the Resident Artists that the injured would get support for their treatment in hospital and that those who are legitimate residents would be duly compensated for damage done to their structures. The Honourable Minister confirmed that he asked Kabiru to demolish shanties at the back of the Artists’ Village but not Arts Studios and structures in the NCAC Artists’ Village itself.
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/01/25/rumble-in-arts-city-as-national-theatre-artists-village-is-leveled/
At a press conference on Tuesday 26 January, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, insisted that compensation should be paid to artistes whose structures were pulled down.
http://qed.ng/?p=19916
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