Honestly, something is wrong with Kunle Afolayan. Otherwise, why would he be so determined and consumed to set the Igbojaiye ablaze with creativity, culture, and cinematic fire on April 12, 2025?
Yes, this talented, enigmatic, and wildly visionary son of the late Ade Love is doing something unprecedented.
He is deploying all his resources, passion, and artistic brilliance to make Igbojaiye town, Oyo State, the new capital of African cinematic greatness.
Few names resonate as powerfully in the evolving narrative of Nigeria’s creative economy as Kunle Afolayan. A prodigious heir to the legacy of legendary filmmaker Adeyemi Afolayan Ade Love, Kunle has spent the last two decades not just making films but crafting culture, exporting values, and reframing how Africa tells its stories.
From The Figurine (Araromire) filmed deep in the mystical Osogbo Sacred Grove, to ‘October 1’, a period piece that captured the tension and beauty of Nigeria’s independence era, to ‘Citation’, which spotlighted social justice across Nigeria and Cape Verde, and “Aníkúlápó”, a visual epic that reawakened the sleeping gods of Yoruba cosmology, every frame from Kunle Afolayan’s lens is a slice of Africa’s living heritage.
Yet, for Kunle, excellence isn’t enough. Authenticity, professionalism, and Afrocentric storytelling are non-negotiables. He is not just shooting films—he’s building an ecosystem.
That is why, come April 12, 2025, Igbojaiye will erupt with artistic glory as he unveils a revolutionary legacy: KAP Film Village and Resort—a fortress of creativity in the heart of Igbojaiye, a place where art meets architecture, where tourism shakes hands with tradition, and where the future of African storytelling is carved into stone, wood, and soil.
Like Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Austrian Art Villages, or Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Kunle Afolayan’s KAP Film Village is not about personal profit. It is a monument of purpose—dedicated to the sustainability of arts, the nurturing of talent, the preservation of culture, and the perpetuation of African values across generations.
This isn’t just a grand opening. It is a historic convergence of visionaries, practitioners, dreamers, and doers. It invites all lovers of art, culture, tourism, heritage, and creativity to witness a masterpiece carved into reality.
To truly enhance your craft, build monuments in its name, heritage not of brick alone, but of purpose, vision, and timeless value.”
So, if you believe in the power of story…
If you believe in the beauty of heritage…
If you believe in African
If you believe that culture is our ornament
If you believe that our creative values and ethics should be sustained, explored, economised and preserved
Dot your calendars.
Mark the date.
Book your trip.
Be part of history
On APRIL 12, 2025
Be at IGBOJAIYE, Town. KAP FILM VILLAGE & RESORT.
Kunle Afolayan is about to set Igbojaiye on fire.
And this time, the flames will illuminate generations.
