WanaWana’s first poetry video from her 2nd poetry album is out and its making great noise and asking questions. “20” is the eighth track on WanaWana’s sophomore album,In Memory of Forgetting. WanaWana and her team chose to release the video on a date that coincided with the video title, “20”. Today,September 20th,2017.
The video was filmed in Lagos at Freedom Park.The concept of “20” was developed by WanaWana, directed by XYZ, and features MTV VJ Folu Storms. The video artistically celebrates love, sensuality and feminine agency in a poem that has been described by one critic as “steamy and intense”.
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In Memory of Forgetting is digitally available worldwide on iTunes, Amazon and Deezerhttps://store.cdbaby.com/cd/wanawana. CD copies are available in Abuja at Salamander Café, and in Lagos at Terra Kulture and Rele Gallery.
WanaWana celebrates love, sensuality and feminine agency in her poetry video, “20”
About WanaUdobang: WanaUdobang, popularly known as WanaWana, is a journalist, poet and filmmaker whose work probes women’s rights, social justice, personal narratives, culture and the arts. As a performance poet she has graced the stages of festivals across Africa. Her first spoken word album, ‘Dirty Laundry’, was released in 2013. Her poems have been featured at the British Library’s Word, Symbol and Song exhibition. “In Memory of Forgetting” is her second spoken word poetry album.
