Balogun, L. (2025) “Àgbà(lagbà) ló mò’dí eéta”: Playing Dangerously as an Everyday Art in Taiwo Shango (1965). Journal of African Cultural Studies. ISSN 1369-6815
Abstract
In this article I discuss the cinematic representation of African modernity in Klaus Stephan’s film Taiwo Shango (1965). Using the Yorùbá saying “Àgbà(lagbà) ló mò’dí eéta” and the notion of “everyday” as tools of reference, I pay attention to how the film presents human relationships and material symbolism to capture an African society’s experience of change in Òkè Àjá, the story world.
Nínú àpilèko yìí, a gbìyànjú láti ş’àlàyé ohun tí a pè ní òlàjú ilè adúláwò gégé bí a se fihàn nínú sinimá, Taiwo Shango tí Klaus Stephan se ní odún 1965. Láti fi ìdí òrò yí múlè, a lo òwe Yorùbá tó ní Àgbàlagbà ló mò’dí eéta àti ohun tí a pè ní ìşe ojoojúmó, èyí tí a papò láti aara ìbásepò láarín àwon èèyàn tó wà nínú sinimá yìí àti orísirísi ohun táa lè tókasí tó ñ şe àfihàn àyípadà ní ìlú Òkè Àjá tí ìtàn náà ti şelè.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
Keywords: | African modernity; change;cinema; Klaus Stephan; ÒkèÀjá; Taiwo Shango / Òlàjú ilè adúláwò; àyípadà;sinimá; Klaus Stephan; Òkè Àjá; Taiwo Shango |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Performance and Cultural Industries (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2025 10:32 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2025 10:32 |
Published Version: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13696... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13696815.2025.2481299 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:227817 |
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