Participants at the second series of the storytelling workshop, Chris Ihidero’s StoryStory Masterclass arrived at the British Council, Ikoyi yesterday, May 30, 2016 with hope reflective of the dozens of testimonials that came the way of the first series which held in October last year.
35 young storytellers were selected to be part of this workshop and on Monday, despite the public holiday to celebrate Nigeria’s democracy day, some of the participants were already at the venue as early as 7:30am.
Chris Ihidero took the attendees through the basics of crafting a good story before stepping aside for writer and television content producer, Victor Sanchez Aghahowa and later, Tinsel head writer, Nkiru Njoku for them to share what they had with all. At the end of the day, the participants had been introduced to the realities of some of the processes involved in great storytelling.
On the second day of the workshop, the few other participants who could not make the first day joined up with the others for another rich masterclass. Content producer and SMAT Media CEO, Emma Uduma was on ground to share his wealth of experience, especially as it related to being the head of the first outfit to produce MTV Shuga in Nigeria.
The masterclass continues later today – the final day – as the participants will be learning more skills of storytelling from film and television director Olufemi Ogunsanwo; PR guru, Ayeni Adekunle Samuel and accomplished comedian Tee A.