Renowned Nigerian documentary photographer, filmmaker Tam Fiofori is dead

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He was famous for his significant contributions to film and photography. He managed American jazz legend Sun Ra, wrote for numerous publications, and was a founding executive of the Photographers Association of Nigeria.Fiofori’s legacy includes award-winning films and influential writings. In 2022, he received the IREP Lifetime Achievement Award. Femi Odugbemi, founder of the iREP Documentary Film Festival, praised him as a monumental figure in the documentary world.

His role in bringing underground black creativity to the American national consciousness in the 1970s was significant. As the first New Music/Electronic Music Editor for DownBeat and a contributor to many other art and literary publications in the US and Europe, he played a crucial role in shaping the cultural narrative of the time.

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