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Filmmaker · Nigeria

Tunde Kelani

Tunde Kelani was born on 26 February 1948 in Lagos. Raised in Abeokuta by his grandparents, and introduced to Yoruba culture by his grandfather, a traditional chief, he was an apprentice photographer, then trained at Western Nigeria Television and the London Film School. A correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Reuters agency, a cinematographer and an assistant on Mister Johnson in 1990, he founded Mainframe Films and Television Productions in 1991, devoted to adapting Nigerian novels and plays.

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