Tam Fiofori

**Tam Fiofori** (an haifeshi a shekara ta 1942 kuma ya mutu a ranar 25 ga Yuni, 2024),  wanda aka fi sani da " **Uncle Tam** ",  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.  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.

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. 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."

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*  da Mujallar *Canji*  - 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*,  da blog ɗin *Shekèrè.* 

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). 

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 *[[The Guardian (Najeriya)|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" . 

## Kyauta
Daga cikin karramawar da Fiofori ya samu akwai kyaututtuka daga ƙungiyar Marubuta ta Pan African Writers' Association (PAWA),  iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival,  da Music in Africa. 

## Fina-finai
* *Odum and Water Masquerades*, 1974
* *Biodun Olaku: Nigerian Painter*
* *J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere: Master Photographer*
* *Olu Amoda: A Metallic Journey*, 2015 (60 mins)

## Nune-nunen
* 2006/7: *Bayelsa @ 10*. Yenagoa, Abuja.
* 2010: *1979: A Peep into History and Culture*. Oba's Palace, Benin City; Hexagon, Benin City

## Duba kuma

* Jerin masu shirya fina-finan Najeriya

## Manazarta

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