Toyin Agbetu

Personal Info

Known For Director

Birthday 1967-04-13 (57 years old)

Place of Birth Hackney, London

Toyin Agbetu

Biography

Toyin Agbetu is a community educator, film director, artist-activist, and founder of Ligali, a human rights based organisation challenging the misrepresentation of African people, culture and history in the media. He is the author of Revoetry and Ukweli – A Political and Spiritual Basis for Pan Africanism and has a first class degree in education and community development. Toyin is frequently asked for interviews and article contributions. Heco-curated Hackney Museums’ Sankofa exhibition on the history of African History Month and is the director of Maafa Truth 2007, The Walk (2007), Maafa Legacy (2008), Maisha Solutions (2009), Maisha Choices (2009) and Beauty Is... (2013) a film on the politics of beauty through his lens as a philosopher and philologist.

Known For

Director

2014
Beauty Is...

as Director

2009
Maisha Solutions

as Director

2009
Maisha Choices

as Director

2008
Maafa Legacy

as Director

2007
The Walk

as Director

2007
Maafa: Truth 2007

as Director

Writer

2014
Beauty Is...

as Writer

Producer

2014
Beauty Is...

as Producer