Interview de Qudus Onikeku

On the occasion of the event « Dansons Maintenant ! » which it organized in 2011, 2012 and 2015, in Cotonou in Benin, the Zinsou Foundation conducted filmed interviews with guest artists and choreographers.
Invited for the 3th edition, 2015, for his solo conference Africaman original,  the Nigerian choreographer and dancer Qudus Onikeku explains why after staying ten years in France, he decided to return to work in Nigeria to create and transmit.

Interview realized by Lucille Haddad-Toudonou, on January 30, 2015, in Cotonou. Filmed by Edouard Kintogandou.

The deposit of the video archives of “Dansons maintenant !”, belonging to Fondation Zinsou was made possible thanks to the Centre National de la Danse Research award in dance, granted in 2021 to Dr Anne Décoret-Ahiha for her research project “Consolidation of the African choreographic field: focus on Benin” and with the kind permission of the artists.