Duration
0:45:44
Director’s name
Pelu Awofeso
pelu.awofeso@gmail.com
Country of Origin
Nigeria
Synopsis
Sometime in June 2022, the Crowther Documentary project team travelled to Osoogun, the hometown of the beloved Samuel Ajayi Crowther and where the teenage Ajayi and dozens of others were taken as slaves. The Baale of Osoogun and other traditional elders of the community showed us around the landmarks connected with that fateful day in 1821. They also led us to the home of Crowther’s parents and what’s left of it. Remarkably, what used to be a living, bustling community of 12,000 people and enclosed by a wall and five gates is now a field of corn – deserted and desolate. Our experiences and encounters in Osoogun is the focus of the first episode of our documentary series, titled: “Mission to Osoogun”,
