Worried that he didnt understand the continent of his heritage, Femi Elufowoju Jr challenged himself to visit all 54 of its nations. His trip took him from bustling Ghana to the tranquility of Tanzania and sparked the idea for a play At 53, I made myself a promise. Having built a nbspreputation as the go-to authority on African culture in UK nbsptheatre, I realised with uncomfortable clarity that my knowledge barely scratched the surface of the continents vast complexity. What followed was an extraordinary seven-year quest to visit nbspall 54 African nations before my nbsp60th birthday a journey that would ultimately transform into my ambitious new theatrical project, 54.60 Africa. The catalyst came during a 2015 world tour with theatre company Complicit that took me to Cape Town. Standing in the shadow of Table Mountain, I confronted a paradox that had long troubled me: despite my Nigerian ancestry and theatrical expertise, my understanding of Africa remained frustratingly limited. Cape Town offered me an opportunity to begin addressing that knowledge gap, and one I was determined to seize.
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