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Why my movie, Tiresimi Is trending” Adetona Davies
Why my movie, Tiresimi Is trending” Adetona Davies
Adetona Davies is a Music Artist cum Film Producer and a successful entrepreneur. In an exclusive chat with us, the amiable CEO of the TALENT HUNT AFRICA-EUROPE FOUNDATION opens up on the success of his newly released movie, which came out on the 5th of February 2023 and showing on YouTube via LIBRA TV
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF
My name is Adetona Davies. I am the CEO of a Youth Empowerment foundation named Talent Hunt Africa AcademySouth Africa) which I fully registered and started in the city of Johannesburg in 2011. For seven years, we operated the NGO fully with the main training center in Joburg and during those years, we reached out extensively to Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Sweden, Germany, Norway, France, and Holland with various training programs in MUSIC among African and European children/youths. In 2018, I got an appointment from a Spanish School of Art in Madrid, to be its first African Music Instructor! After completion of the contract, I moved down to an Island called PALMA DE MALLORCA here in SPAIN. where I started my community outreach music programs. In 2019, I change the name of the NGO to TALENT HUNT AFRICA-EUROPE FOUNDATION because SPAIN is now my permanent base with the vision of reaching out to both African and European youths with our TALENT DISCOVERY PROGRAMS
HOW DID YOUR JOURNEY INTO ENTERTAINMENT START AND WHAT MOTIVATED YOU
Hmmm! That’s a good question that I love to answer because it brings back the memory of my growing up in the city of IBADAN (Oyo State, Nigeria). It is an ancient rich in deep and undiluted YORUBA CULTURE! As a young teenager, as far back as 1981, every evening after dinner, we always gathered together to watch Yoruba play like KOOTU ASHIPA, AWADA KERIKERI, and ARELU! I always get excited every evening because I always look out for the songs that will be rendered along with the acting by the actors! My best of them are all the plays produced by Late PA Oyin Adejobi and I can categorically say that he was my foundational Mentor in Music, because all the songs from those plays are my daily National Anthem! I got motivated and from there started developing my singing talent! There as a teenager, I gave birth to MY DREAM that one day, I will be going around the world singing and producing films rich in AFRICAN CULTURE and that it will be a TOTAL THEATER (i.e Combination of MUSIC/ACTING/DANCE) Production, just like the late legends ( Pa Oyin Adejobi, Hubert Ogunde, Ade Love, etc) during their time.
*YOUR MOVIE TIRESIMI IS TRENDING, HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT IT?
I’m so excited and happy about the huge success and can you believe it that within three weeks, we got over half a million views on YouTube! This can only be GOD and having a good story with good handlers! For a movie to get people’s attention, it must be a good STORYLINE to be handled by a seasoned and professional DIRECTOR!
I did my homework, I sought out one of the best YORUBA MOVIE DIRECTOR that is current in NIGERIA! My net caught Princess ALLWELL ADEMOLA, who is currently an award-winning and best Yoruba Female Director in Nigeria!
She did justice on the well-scripted story written by my lovely daughter – EWABUNMI AKINNUBI, who acted as TIRESIMI in the FILM. My director really went far in getting seasoned and current award-winning Nollywood actors for the film! That effort of hers gave the film a great boost! This year, people should look out for more!
TO EVERY GLORY IS A STORY TO TELL! WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FACED AND HOW DID YOU OVERCOME THEM?
In the past, I’ve gotten a lot of bitter and bad experiences through debts! I’ve borrowed money in the past for projects that I ran into huge debts which I never recover from till we entered the pandemic! So during the pandemic, I concluded that I won’t come near film production again! Towards the end of 2021, I ventured into another business related to travel and tours, expecting a breakthrough by the early part of 2022! So I entered with great hope for huge success but unfortunately, the business failed woefully! I WAS DUPED! I became depressed through the month of February and March of 2022! I stayed indoors throughout, seeking God’s face and new direction! You won’t believe it that during that dark period, apart from God’s deep intimacy I had, I WATCHED OVE 50 YORUBA MOVIES and most of them gave me motivational messages that made me conclude that this is for real the path God wanted me to take! To be producing films that will touch lives(especially Yoruba people living in the diaspora!)
But as a die-hard person who doesn’t give up at all, by April of 2022, TIRESIMI became a personal message to me when my daughter(EWABUNMI) shared it with me!
God miraculously provided the fund for the shoot without consulting anyone to borrow money for the project! God indeed PUSH FAVOUR TOWARDS MY DIRECTION (OLUWATIRESIMI)
*WHAT SEPARATES THE MOVIE FROM OTHER MOVIES
In this present generation, especially in Africa, the general belief is that the best production can only be done by men! That we are in a Men’s world where people always assume that only men can direct good films and that good stories can only come from popular and guru story and script writers! The uniqueness of the film TIRESIMI is that it proved all those beliefs wrong! The story was written by a woman and directed by a woman that is ever ready to operate in the midst of a highly competitive world of film directing in Nigeria and the entire World!
*IS THIS YOUR FIRST MOVIE AS A PRODUCER?
No! I did my last movie in 2013 and it was titled THE UNBROKEN that future Nollywood Actors like DAMOLA OLATUNJI, AYO ADESANYA, SHOLA KOSOKO, BIDEMI KOSOKO, and others. It was shot in Nigeria, South Africa, and UK
We know you are into music too, tell us about it.
Yes! MUSIC is my mainstream! I’ve been singing since 1982. I started in IBADAN with Mummy TOUN SOETAN.
Then in 1994, with my box guitar, I became a traveling evangelist to Nations of the World!
There is a particular musical storyline that I’ve rendered in 18 Countries of the World! I became famous in churches with the story titled TAANI YOO D’ADE(WHO WILL WEAR THE CROWN) and this is our next film coming out this year!
*WHICH OTHER PROJECTS ARE YOU WORKING ON?
This year, people should be expecting two major films of which one is going to be an epic film!
Two, we are planning a big event here in Spain tagged TALENT FESTIVAL!
Three, We are going to create more awareness about my NGO(TALENT HUNT AFRICA-EUROPE ACADEMY SPAIN) with a training center here in Spain and Nigeria for youths and adults talented in MUSIC/ACTING/DANCE
By GOD’S GRACE, our vision is to TRAIN YOUTHS ON HOW TO PLAY GUITAR, BE A GOOD actors & dancers, and establish TALENT SCHOOL & FILM VILLAGE here on the Island of Palma De Mallorca SPAIN! Lastly, to AFRICAN and EUROPEAN Culture through MUSIC, ACTING, and DANCE! Will be having frequent film PRODUCTIONS in Nigeria, and South Africa where our European students will travel to collaborate with their African counterparts!
The Resilience in a Moment — Twenty Positive Impacts of a Human Event
By Tukur Buratai
Fela Created the Game, Wizkid Mastered It — Ope Banwo
Music executive and Stingomania Records founder, Dr. Ope Banwo, has weighed in on the recurring comparisons between Afrobeat icon Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and global superstar Wizkid, offering a perspective he says puts respect on both names without forcing an unnecessary rivalry.
According to Banwo, the debate misses a key point: the two artistes are not competitors, but products of different moments in music history.
“Fela created the game. Wizkid mastered it,” Banwo said.
He described Wizkid as one of the most successful African musicians of the modern era, praising his global reach, consistency, and ability to take Afrobeat to mainstream audiences across continents.
“Wizkid is a certified global superstar — hit records, international awards, sold-out arenas, and undeniable influence. He has taken Afrobeat to places many of us never imagined,” Banwo stated.
However, Banwo noted that Fela’s contribution operates on a different level entirely, one that transcends commercial success.
“Fela didn’t just make music; he invented a sound, a movement, and a cultural language. Afrobeat did not exist until Fela created it. He wasn’t chasing charts — he was shaping identity, resistance, and consciousness through music,” he said.
The Stingomania Records founder explained that while Wizkid represents the peak of Afrobeat’s global success, Fela represents its origin.
“You compare Wizkid with the giants of his generation — Burna Boy, Davido, Drake. But Fela belongs in the category of creators and revolutionaries. He changed the ecosystem itself,” Banwo added.
Banwo stressed that comparing the two directly ignores the natural evolution of music.
“You don’t compare the inventor of the game to the player who perfected it. Wizkid is playing at an elite level, but he is playing on a field Fela built,” he said.
He concluded by emphasizing that acknowledging Fela’s foundational role does not diminish Wizkid’s greatness.
“Wizkid is great — no debate there. But Fela is legacy. One mastered the game; the other created it. Both deserve respect, but they are not in the same lane.”
THE EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATIONAL LEGACY OF THE FANI-KAYODE FAMILY
BY
EMMANUEL OWABOR
There is no other family in the history of Africa in which there are five generations of graduates from Oxbridge-level universities.
From 1893 when Rev. Emmanuel Adelabi Kayode (Chief Femi Fani-Kayode’s great grandfather) graduated with honors with a Master of Arts degree in theology from Durham University, to 1922 when Justice Victor Adedapo Kayode (Chief Femi Fani-Kayode’s grandfather) graduated from Cambridge University with a law degree, to 1943 when Chief Remi Fani-Kayode (Chief Femi Fani-Kayode’s father) graduated from Cambridge University with a law degree, to 1984 when Chief Femi Fani-Kayode himself graduated from Cambridge University with a law degree, no family in Nigeria or indeed Africa and few in the world have had four generations of graduates from these elite institutions from such an early age.
The fifth generation of Oxbridge-level graduates was led by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode’s eldest daughter, Miss Folake Fani-Kayode, who graduated with a degree from Durham University in 2009 (like her great, great grandfather, Rev. Emmanuel Adelabi Kayode had done, 116 years earlier.
Since then numerous other children of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode have graduated from top British and western Universities.
This represents an extraordinary legacy of first class education from the best Universities the world for five uninterrupted generations.
No other Nigerian or African family has achieved this and very few even in the Western world.
Emmanuel Owabor is a Director of Content Service, a Public Policy Expert and a Public Affairs commentator of many years. He can be reached via [email protected].
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