ABUJA, FEBRUARY 10, 2017 – Performance poet, Dike Chuwkumerije is set to excite Abuja audiences with ‘Made In Nigeria’ this Saturday, February 11, at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.
The show which is an artfully woven collection of 20 poems capturing 103 years of Nigerian history in 120 minutes was first performed in Abuja in September 2016 and then in Lagos at the MUSON Centre in December of the same year.
“Made in Nigeria is a fusion of different art forms into one performance,” said the poet.
“We are bringing to life, the history of Nigeria from the Amalgamation to the current day using poetry, dance and drama. Part of our aims is to re-awaken national consciousness as well as to bring intellectualism into poetry.”
More than a chronicle, ‘Made in Nigeria’ is a collection of human stories. Two lovers caught in the political crisis of the mid ’60s, a couple in the ‘70s facing their parents’ aversion to inter-tribal relationships, a soldier’s wife anxious for her husband, a mother guiding her son through recession, two teenagers finding love on a beach in the ‘90s. Weaving these stories together, ‘Made in Nigeria’ re-creates the rich tapestry of Nigeria’s socio-cultural and political life.
Dike won the Abuja Literary Society Poetry Slam 2011 and the National Poetry Slam 2012. He has three successful Performance Poetry videos, a bi-annual live Poetry show now in its 5th year and the theatre production, Made in Nigeria, that has been staged successfully twice in Abuja and Lagos between September and December 2016.
