The actors, seasoned veterans as well as young amateurs, go through their lines and movements one last time before the curtain rises at the Wole Soyinka Theatre at the University of Ibadan, in southwest Nigeria.
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Photo Light Oriye Tamunotonye / AFP Founded in 1955, the Wole Soyinka Theatre of the University of Ibadan, in southern Nigeria, has trained several generations of actors, directors, playwrights, producers, technicians and artistic directors who today feed the Nigerian cultural industry, from university theatre to Nollywood, the world's second largest film industry in production volume.