Uche Ikonne

Uchenna Ikonne (15 August 1956 – 25 January 2023) was a Nigerian professor of optometry and politician. Quotes Nigerian popular culture is in a perpetual state of erasure. In many ways, we’re like the character in the movie “Memento”; due to anterograde amnesia, he can’t create new memories. His brain essentially reboots every five minutes, so he lives in the neverending present. Ikonne on what he thinks affects Nigeria Music Industry My personal experience–especially as I get older–has radically shifted the way I think about concepts like time, memory, history, antiquity and storytelling. And that affects the way I work. And then the work, in turn, shapes the way I view life in general. Ikonne on how his personal experience affects his work as a documeterian