Tam Fiofori

Tam Fiofori (an haifeshi a shekara ta 1942 kuma ya mutu a ranar 25 ga Yuni, 2024), Oliver Enwonwu and Oyindamola Olaniyan, "Leading Photographers Based in Nigeria (Part One)" , Omenka, 4 February 2017. wanda aka fi sani da " Uncle Tam ", "Tam Fiofiri- The Speed of Thought", The Pan African Space Station (PASS). mai ɗaukar hoto ne na Najeriya. Fiofori ya yi fice a albam ɗinsa na tarihin Najeriya, Fiofor kuma mai shirya fina-finai ne, marubuci, mai suka kuma mai bayar da shawara kan harkokin yaɗa labarai. Adie Vanessa Offiong, "Tam Fiofori: Telling Nigeria’s story in pictures", Daily Trust, 2 October 2010. Batun fina-finansa sun haɗa da mawaƙan Najeriya Biodun Olaku, JD 'Okhai Ojeikere da Olu Amoda. Yawancin tafiya, Fiofori ya zauna a Harlem, New York, a cikin 1960s, ya zama manajan Sun Ra, kuma yana samar da rubuce-rubucen da ake la'akari da "haɗin kafa tsakanin Ra wanda watakil a san shi da Afrofuturism". 

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haife shi a Okrika a Jihar Ribas, Fiofori ya girma a cikin garin Benin, inda mahaifinsa, Emmanuel Fiofori, ya koyar a Kwalejin Edo.Uzor Maxim Uzoat,
 "The abiding relevance of Erediauwa" , The Guardian (Nigeria), 5 June 2016.

Fiofori ya yi karatu a King's College, Legas, inda ya ci gaba da karatun jami'a a King's College London, kafin ya mayar da hankalinsa ga rubuce-rubuce da kiɗa.

 Sana'a 
Yin balaguro da yawa tun daga 1960s, Fiofori ya zama abokin tarayya a Amurka na Sun Ra.Thom Holmes, "Sun Ra & the Minimoog", Bob Moog Foundation, 6 November 2013.Tam Fiofori, "Sun Ra: Myth, Music & Media", Glendora Review, African Quarterly on the Arts, vol. 3, No. 3 and 4. A cewar Tashar Sararin Samaniya ta Pan African, "Daga baya Uncle Tam ya gayyaci Sun Ra zuwa Legas don bikin FESTAC 77, ya kai shi Jamhuriyar Kalakuta; kuma ya yi rubutu game da shi duka a cikin mujallar Glendora Review ta Najeriya.""Sun Ra: Myth, Music & Media", Review, African Quarterly on the Arts, vol. 3, No. 3 and 4, cited in Thom Holmes,  "Electronic Jazz--The Early History (Part 5): Sun Ra and Early Synthesizer Jazz (1969-70)" , Noise and Notations, 9 December 2012.

Fiofori shine Editan Kiɗa na Farko / Editan Kiɗa na Lantarki na DownBeat, kuma ya rubuta don sauran fasaha da wallafe-wallafen da yawa a cikin Amurka da Turai - daga cikin su International Times International Times Archive  1969. da Mujallar Canji Michael Fitzgerald, "A Bibliography of Change Magazine", Current Research in Jazz 1, (2009). - kuma an yaba da kasancewa "ya fi yawa. wanda ke da alhakin kawo ƙere-ƙere na baƙar fata ga wayewar ƙasar Amurka a cikin waɗancan kwanaki na shekarun 1970s".  An buga rubutunsa akai-akai tsawon shekaru a cikin kewayon kantunan Najeriya, gami da jaridar NEXT, Jason Pitzl-Waters, "The 'New Religion’s' Crusade Against Art" , The Wild Hunt, 22 November 2009. da blog ɗin Shekèrè. "Shèkèrè Columnists | Quintessence by Tam Fiofori", Shèkèrè.

Fiofori ya kasance mashawarcin fina-finai ga Majalisar Jihar Ribas don Fasaha da Al'adu, daraktan jerin shirye-shiryen Documentary na Jihar Ribas, kuma mai ba da shawara/marubuci ga NTA Network akan Documentaries. Ya kuma kafa ƙungiyar masu ɗaukar hoto ta Nijeriya (PAN). "Holloway, Shehu, Arulogun, Fiofori for Honours at Film Fest", The Nigerian Voice, 20 January 2011.

An nuna aikinsa a Afirka, Turai da Amurka, ciki har da Odum da Water Masquerades (1974), wanda aka nuna a FESTAC '77, Tampere Film Festival, 10th FESPACO, Ouagadougou, 1987, Pan African Writers' Association, Accra, Ghana, da kuma 1979: Binciken Tarihi da Al'adu. 

Littattafansa sun haɗa da "print documentary" A Benin Coronation: Oba Erediauwa (2011).  Kamar yadda marubucin ya bayyana: “Tsarin aikin jarida na littafin a fasahance ya tanadi shafi 84 na hotuna masu ɗauke da hotuna kusan 150 na asali, tare da rubutu guda 72; duk game da bukukuwan sarautar birnin Benin na Oba Erediauwa a matsayin Oba na 38 na Masarautar Benin, daga 23 zuwa 30 ga Maris, 1979."  Jaridar Guardian ta Najeriya ta yanke hukuncin cewa Fiofori "ya zana hoto mai ban sha'awa", kuma ya ce: "Marubucin ya ɗauki nauyin fassarar daular Benin kuma ya ba da cikakken bayani game da mulkin shekaru 45 na Oba Akenzua II. wanda ya fara a ranar 5 ga Afrilu, 1933.... Tam Fiofori ya samu ta hanyar littafinsa na farko mai suna A Benin Coronation: Oba Erediauwa, wanda ya baiwa Najeriya da sauran ƙasashen duniya wani karatu maras lokaci a cikin manyan al'adun gargajiya." 

Shi ne mai ba da gudummawa ga littafin 2018 African Photographer J. A. Green: Re-imagining the Indigenous and the Colonial (wanda Martha G. Anderson da Lisa Aronson suka shirya), a cikin bita wanda Lindsay Barrett ya kira Fiofori a matsayin "Harkokin daukar hoto na Najeriya" . Lindsay Barrett, "A historic legacy in pictures" . The Guardian (Nigeria), 7 March 2018.

 Kyauta 
Daga cikin karramawar da Fiofori ya samu akwai kyaututtuka daga ƙungiyar Marubuta ta Pan African Writers' Association (PAWA), Chronicles of PAWA Activities (1989 -2013) , October 1992, PAWA. iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival, "Holloway, Shehu, Arulogun, Fiofori for Honours at Film Fest" , NigeriaFilms.com. da Music in Africa. Ed Keazor, "Music In Africa celebrates Nigerian Music anniversary at Social Media Week", Music In Africa, 30 January 2015.

 Fina-finai 
 Odum and Water Masquerades, 1974
 Biodun Olaku: Nigerian PainterDatboyJerry, "#LCA2016: Lights Camera Africa Film Festival List – Synopses & Trailers" , 360NoBS, 26 September 2016.
 J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere: Master PhotographerLauren Said-Moorhouse, "'A love letter to Nigeria': The master photographer who captured nation's life", African Voices, CNN, 13 October 2014."Film Screening: J.D Ojeikere, The Master Photographer" ,  African Artists' Foundation, March 2016.
 Olu Amoda: A Metallic Journey, 2015 (60 mins)"Olu Amoda: A Metallic Journey" , Lights Camera Africa!!!.Amarachukwu Iwuala, "#Nollywood Movie Review Of ‘Olu Amoda: The Modern-Day Archaeologist’" , 360NoBS, 28 April 2015.

 Nune-nunen 
 2006/7: Bayelsa @ 10. Yenagoa, Abuja.
 2010: 1979: A Peep into History and Culture. Oba's Palace, Benin City; Hexagon, Benin City"Tam Fiofori images exhibited in Benin Palace", nigeriang.com, 28 April 2010.

 Duba kuma 

 Jerin masu shirya fina-finan Najeriya

Manazarta

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje
 Tam Fiofori's Place
 Tam Fiofori at Artslant magazine

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