GANGS OF LAGOS: LASG FROWNS AT NEW MOVIE OVER CULTURAL MISREPRESENTATION
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Lagos State Government has expressed its displeasure with the promoters of new Nollywood movie, “Gangs of Lagos” over cultural misrepresentation and for portraying the culture of Lagos State in bad light.
According to a press statement from the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Pharm. (Mrs.) Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, the film/series is seen as a mockery of the heritage of Lagos by the Ministry being the regulatory body and custodian of Lagos State’s culture.
The Commissioner voiced her displeasure with Jade Osiberu and Kemi Akindoju, the film’s promoters, for portraying the Eyo Masquerade as a villain brandishing a gun while dressed in full traditional regalia.
She said: “We are of the opinion that the production of the film ‘The Gang of Lagos’ is very unprofessional and misleading while its content is derogatory of our culture, with the intention to desecrate the revered heritage of the people of Lagos. It is an unjust profiling of a people and culture as being barbaric and nefarious. It depicts a gang of murderers rampaging across the State”.
Akinbile-Yussuf maintained that the Adamu Orisha, popularly known as the Eyo Festival, is rarely observed and only comes up as a traditional rite of passage for Obas, revered Chiefs and eminent Lagosians.
She added that the Eyo Masquerade is equally used as a symbol of honour for remarkable historical events. It signifies a sweeping renewal, a purification ritual to usher in a new beginning, a beckoning of new light, acknowledging the blessings of the ancestors of Lagosians.
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