Mission to Osoogun
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”,
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Pelu AwofesoDirector
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Pelu AwofesoWriter
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:45 minutes 44 seconds
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Completion Date:January 1, 2025
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Production Budget:2,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Nigeria
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Country of Filming:Nigeria
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Shooting Format:35mm
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Pelu Awofeso won the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist Awards in the tourism reporting category (2010).
His articles have appeared in many publications, including Daily Mirror, The Sowetan, Kinfolk, World Policy Journal, A24 Media, LOJEL, Nigeria Indicator, NEXT and Wings (an in-flight magazine).
He’s contributor to Lonely Planet, one of the world’s biggest guidebook publishers.
In 2017, the Nigeria Tourism Awards named him the best tour guide in Nigeria, and in 2019, they awarded him the much-coveted Best Travel Journalist in Nigeria.
"Mission to Osoogun" is his fourth documentary project.
Bishop Crowther’s story is an inspiration and it is one I believe needs telling. I also believe that documentaries on historical figures, the values they stood for and the lessons they teach us are important for both the present and future generations, not just in Africa but around the world.