Tayo Elesin is a British-Nigerian actress.
She also prefers to be referred to as a
“storyteller.” Famous for her roles in some
BBC TV productions including Casualty, Law
and Order, Doctor, among others, Tayo has
also acted in the critically acclaimed play
by late Ola Rotimi ‘Our Husband Has Gone
Mad Again’ produced last year by Lookman
Sanusi. While in the country recently, she
paid a courtesy visit to the Vanguard
corporate office, where she spoke
passionately about playing the role of
younger Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala whenever a
biographical film is done about her.
You have volunteered to play a young version of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. What is the attraction?
What attracts me about Ngozi Okonjo-
Iweala is her level of education, her
poise and what she has actually achieved
as a woman in the financial world. It is not
easy for a woman anywhere in the world to
occupy such a powerful position let alone,
in an African country. It’s even ten times
harder and the fact that she has
maintained it and has also retained it even
up till today is absolutely admirable. I
think, if you look into her life, one will be
surprised to come up with an interesting
story about her upbringing.
Recall that Ngozi Okonjo Iweala attended
Harvard University at a time, I’m sure it
was not easy for a black person to be
there. If Hollywood film makers could do a
film about Abraham Lincoln and are also
talking about doing a biographical film
about Obama, why can’t Nigerian film
makers do a biographical film about Ngozi
Okonjo Iweala who is a major female figure
in the African financial industry? I’m sure if
I conduct an interview with her right now,
there will be a story about her life that has
not been unravelled. This is because I
suspect she wouldn’t have gotten to where
she is today overnight.
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