78 years after, Nigerian movie, ‘My Father’s Shadow’ makes history with first Cannes Festival nomination

…Musawa celebrates Akinola DaviesBy Benjamin NjokuThe Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa has congratulated Nigeria’s film director Akinola Davies Jr. for scripting and directing Nigeria’s first movie ever to make it to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in nearly 80years.‘My Father’s Shadow’, set in Lagos in the aftermath of the 1993 Presidential election was officially announced on Thursday by organizers t