Thisday Style celebrates designer, Deola Sagoe at 50.

Deola Sagoe 50? She looks 20 years younger. One has to wonder how she has managed to stem the tide of time. The ace Nigerian designer was featured in the latest edition of Thisday Style and leading photographer, TY Bello had this to say about the shoot.

DEOLA SAGOE: THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM  
My portraits of Deola Sagoe  are on the cover of today’s Thisday style . You should go out and get this one . Her interview is amazing .  I remember telling her over the phone the images I had of her in my head . I described the movements and fringe details. This amazing woman just went ahead .. Sketched her interpretation of what I had described and produced some pieces for the shoot. 
More importantly she brought way more than the freedom and the spirit I had described. I can shout it from the mountaintop… Deola Sagoe is the most amazing subject a photographer can ask for . She connects so uniquely ..Her beauty runs deep and she’s understand what it means to be truly free. I still can’t believe this woman just turned 50. 

WATCH THE TRAILER OF KUNLE AFOLAYAN'S OCTOBER 1 MOVIE

THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED TRAILER OF NIGERIAN FILMMAKER AND ACTOR, KUNLE AFOLAYAN WAS RELEASED FEW DAYS BACK.

Featuring Deola Sagoe, Sadiq Daba, Demola Adedoyin, Kehinde Bankole, Kayode Aderupoko, Kanayo O. Kanayo, Bimbo Manuel, Ibrahim Chatta, Femi Adebayo, Kunle Afolayan, David Bailie, Nick Rhys, Colin David Reese, Lawrence Stubbings and Ifayemi Elebuibon.
SYNOPSIS
It’s September 1960, and with Nigeria on the verge of independence from British colonial rule, a northern Nigerian Police Detective, DAN WAZIRI, is urgently dispatched by the Colonial Government to the trading post town of Akote in the Western Region of Nigeria to solve a series of female murders that have struck horror in the hearts and minds of the local community.

 On getting to Akote, more murders are committed, and with local tension high and volatile, Waziri has a race on his hands to solve the case before even more local women are killed.
Set against the backdrop of the national celebratory mood of the impending independence, Waziri is pulled into a game of cat and mouse as he and the killer try to outwit each other… leading to the climatic end in which the life of a popular local female teacher and village belle, Tawa, is held in the balance. Waziri has to race against the clock to capture the killer, save Tawa and solve the crime before the British flag is lowered and the Nigerian flag raised on Independence Day… October 1.

PHOTOS: KUNLE AFOLAYAN, DEOLA SAGOE, SADIQ BABA, ADERUPOKO ON THE SET OF OCTOBER 1

As you all know, October 1 is seasoned actor Kunle Afolayan's new project. The award-winning filmmaker during an interview with us revealed that his next movie will be the biggest. Well, going by the few pictures I've set my eyes on, this is certainly going to be another master-piece.

Featured in the film are some known and unknown actors. Deola Sagoe, a foremost fashion designer who made her acting debut in the new flick will be playing the role of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Sadiq Daba a veteran broadcaster and producer, is no stranger to the motion pictures industry.

These are some of the behind the scene pictures featuring Deola Sagoe, Kunle Afolayan, Sadiq Baba and Aderupoko. I learnt Kunle Afolayan has tribal marks on his cheeks. Interesting!!!

Read Kunle Afolayan's interview here:

My next film will be the biggest

http://loladeville.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/interview-my-next-film-will-be-biggest.html?m=1

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