Maami Premieres At Obasanjo Library

Tunde Kelani’s latest movie, Maami, is still pulling its trump cards. Just back from the 2012 London Olympics as part of the activities to promote Nigeria’s commerce and culture, the award winning movie is billed for premiere at the Main Auditorium, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL),  Oke-Mosan,  Abeokuta, Ogun State during the  Eid-el- Fitri celebration.

The premiere, an initiative of the Governing Board of OOPL Theatre and Tunde Kelani’s Mainframe Productions billed for 17 August,  is being promoted by  the former President, Chief  Olusegun Obasanjo (GCFR),  and will have as Special Guest of Honour, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State while Oba Olusanya Adegboyega  Dosunmu, the Olowu  and the paramount ruler of the Ancient   Kingdom of Owu and  Chairman of the Governing Board (OOPL Theatre) is the chief host. The movie will be shown to the public for two days after the premiere at the same venue.

Maami, starring award winning actress, Funke Akindele as lead, is the story of a poor single parent and her young son, Kashimawo (Ayomide Abatti). Gifted with a loving heart, enterprising spirit and brave soul, she is the centre of her son’s world; until he longs for the father he has never known, a man with a terrible past

Set over a two-day period, leading to the 2010 World Cup, Maami is an inspiring story of a poor, conscientious single parent’s struggle to raise her only child,  who eventually rises to international stardom in an English football club, Arsenal, and becomes a national hero.

Adapted by Tunde Babalola, from Femi Osofisan’s novel of the same title, it depicts love, perseverance, and fate which unfold through Kashimawo’s reminiscences of his hardscrabble childhood in the southern Nigerian town of Abeokuta.

Meanwhile, Maami has been scheduled to be screened at some select viewing centres in Lagos to celebrate the Eid-el-Fitri between 18 and 21 August.

The centres include the National Theatre, Iganmu, Durban Hotel, beside Murhi International, Omole, Ikeja and Big Zone Hotel, Agric Bus Stop, Ikorodu all in Lagos.